A specialist further education college is challenging children and adults to learn the sign and symbol based language system, Makaton. A number of students at The National Star College in Ullenwood ...

A GLASGOW family have become a viral sensation on their journey to learn Makaton for their baby son. Lucy Maguire, 27, partner Scott Bannachan, 33, and five-year-old daughter Millie are documenting ...

John Huggins, of Southwold, has been working hard to raise awareness for Makaton - and has started a petition which currently has well over 13,000 signatures. But what exactly is Makaton, and why is ...

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 ...

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Being a teenager is never easy and neither is being the parent of a teenager. But for Luc Lederle, 16, and his parents Carl and Non it is harder. Luc has autism and is non-verbal. Not being able to ...

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