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 ...

When I mention Makaton signing, I'm often met with blank looks. But when I say, "You know, Mr Tumble?" Well, now you're talking. Or not talking, as the case would be. I realised my child wasn't ...

At Jan Dunbar’s Traralgon home the hands do more than the usual. Thirty years ago the mother of two started learning Makaton, a program that uses hand signs and symbols to help people communicate.

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"Since we've been able to communicate, our bond has become so much stronger," says mum Tasha of her son TJ. Tasha, from Derby, is now learning to become a Makaton tutor after she mastered the language ...