The signs used in Makaton have been designed to emulate those used in British Sign Language (BSL). However, in contrast to BSL, Makaton is always used in conjunction with speech.

Makaton is designed to support spoken language – the signs are used in spoken word order to help children and adults to communicate. Using signs can be useful for children who have no speech ...

A 13-year-old girl launches a petition for the sign communication tool to be taught in Wales' schools.

Some who have non-verbal autism, or generally struggle to communicate, may find that the sign language Makaton helps them to talk.

The youngsters made special frog masks so they could dress up while singing Three Little Speckled Frogs and a baby signing company, Singing Hands, went along to teach the tots makaton sign language.

A ROMSEY sign language tutor has thrown her support behind a national petition to teach the communication in early education.

CBeebies Makaton episode: Boy with heart defect has incredible reaction to Rob Delaney's bedtime story ‘He has never been interested in bedtime stories before. Thank you for using his language’ ...

Viewers and charities have been thanking Strictly Come Dancing stars and dancers for using Makaton on the show.

The Department for Education (DfE) says it has no plans to change the UK's curriculum following calls for Makaton sign language to be added.

Makaton is the sign and symbol language used in Something Special. The aim of Makaton is to help people communicate through speech, so when someone is able to say the correct words, they’re ...

The signs used in Makaton are from British Sign Language (BSL), the language of the deaf community in Britain. Signs are used with speech to provide extra clues about what someone is saying.

A ROMSEY sign language tutor has thrown her support behind a national petition to teach the communication in early education. Romsey was crowned as the first Makaton-friendly town in the UK ...