This is true Disney magic.
Olive Crest, an agency that serves over 3,500 at-risk kids and families every day throughout California, Nevada and Washington. The little boy went to Disneyland as part of a program with them and his family arranged for him to have a Disney ASL translator present during his trip to the park.
However, this magical moment between the boy and the characters was not planned. When he went up to greet them Mickey and Minnie Mouse kneeled down to the small child to sign “It’s nice to meet” and “I love you”.
The boy was so shocked at being able to understand them that he hugged them both.
“The child was ecstatic after meeting the characters because he didn’t know they would speak ‘his language,’” a spokesperson for Olive Crest, a child abuse prevention agency that arranged the trip, told ABC News. “The child is typically not a hugger, so the fact that he hugged both Minnie and Mickey spoke volumes to the joy he felt.”
"The family had a Disney translator with them, who was behind the boy telling the characters what/how to sign. The encounter wasn't planned, however," said spokesperson Steven Macias.