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 ...

The grandmother of a boy with autism who uses the language system Makaton to communicate with his family has called for it to be taught in more schools in Wales. Six-year-old Alex from Penmon, ...

A Fordingbridge church is offering free Makaton lessons to support people who have communication challenges. The Salvation Army church, in partnership with The Makaton Charity, has launched the ...

Makaton is a language programme that uses signs and symbols to help people with communication difficulties. The Makaton Charity is encouraging pubs and restaurants to teach staff. Businesses can ...

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 ...

Simone and her partner Ryan have a 2-year-old son called Dantae, who has Down syndrome and sickle cell anaemia. Well, Dantae… he’s so cheeky, he’s very active and he loves music. He likes all kinds of ...

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 ...

Makaton is different to British Sign Language in that although it uses some BSL signs only key words are signed and people always speak at the same time, said Non. That has helped Luc pick up some ...

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 ...