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 ...

According to The Makaton Charity, the signing language helps provide extra clues about what someone is saying, as signs can help those with limited or non-existent speech.

But Makaton, a type of sign language that incorporates some language, has helped Luc and his family, who live in Colwyn Bay.

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

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 ...

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

TEACHING children sign language means they can chat to anyone in their community, according to a primary school.

A grandfather is calling on the government to add an innovative type of sign language to the National Curriculum.

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.