Tasha said learning the language programme Makaton enabled her to communicate with her son TJ "Since we've been able to communicate, our bond has become so much stronger," says mum Tasha of her son TJ ...

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 ...

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Teach your child to communicate their needs using this system of signs and symbols as used by Mr Tumble on Something Special Makaton is the sign and symbol language used in the CBeebies show, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rob Delaney used Makaton when he read the CBeebies bed time story last week [Photo: Getty] Actor Rob Delaney has won praise by ...

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Olly Murs has faced backlash from the deaf community after posting a video claiming to use British Sign Language when he was actually using Makaton, which deaf people don't use Want all the latest ...

Strictly Come Dancing’s stars have been celebrated by sign language charities for using Makaton to communicate with hard of hearing or non-verbal viewers. Chris Ramsey, Saffron Barker, Emma Barton and ...

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 ...