Watch: Meet the 16-year-old DJ with a difference - the UK's first Makaton-friendly DJ Makaton is a language programme that uses signs and symbols to help people to communicate. It is designed to ...

A language system made famous by children's TV presenter Mr Tumble has helped a six-year-old boy to communicate for the first time. Alex, from north Wales, is autistic, and does not speak. But Makaton ...

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Actor Rob Delaney has won praise by delivery a story on CBeebies’ ‘Bedtime Stories’ using Makaton, a version of sign language he used to communicate with his son Henry. The ‘Catastrophe’ actor was ...

A woman with Down's syndrome who teaches Makaton has said it feels amazing to go back to her old school as a teacher. Eve McIvor, 24, teaches Year 8 pupils at St Mary's in Londonderry. Makaton is a ...

Despite being non-verbal 17-year-old Troy McKay has used his voice to create a unique choir. Troy is a pupil at Fleming Fulton Special School in Belfast, and communicates through an app on his ...

This accredited activity helps students learn signs and symbols from stages 1-4 and the additional stage of the Makaton Core Vocabulary. This workshop is delivered through four modules and is both ...

Olly Murs has been criticised by the deaf community who have pointed out a major error in a recent video posted to his Instagram. Earlier this week the singer posted ...

The Doris Duan-Young Autism Center (DDY) provides Makaton language programme The Doris Duan-Young Autism Center Supplied Communication is one of the most important skills of our life. Almost ...

A mother has shared a video of her son who has a heart defect responding in an amazing way to Rob Delaney’s episode of CBeebies Bedtime Stories, during which the actor told a bedtime story using ...

When you have a kid with a severe illness, whatever makes them happy during it becomes immeasurably valuable to you—no matter how small. I learned this when my 1-year-old son, Henry, was diagnosed ...