• Makaton is a communication tool with speech, signs, and symbols to enable people with disabilities or learning disabilities to communicate. Makaton supports...
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  • 2001 novel was, which renewed her interest. Wilson included the language Makaton in her novel in order to illustrate how Lily now communicates. Wilson worked...
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  • including how to gain a Sing Up Award, lesson plans for teaching songs and Makaton and BSL sign-along videos. The Sing Up Magazine is a termly publication...
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  • – an auxiliary language used by deaf people in international settings. Makaton – a system of signed communication used by and with people who have speech...
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    Wales Council for Deaf People (WCDP), a voluntary umbrella organisation. Makaton has limited use in Wales. It is not a sign language but a system using...
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  • debuting on 1 September 2003. It is designed to introduce children to Makaton signing, and is specifically aimed at children with delayed learning and...
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    presenter on the CBeebies Bed Time Stories programme to tell a story in Makaton, which he used to communicate with his late son Henry. On Sara Cox's show...
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  • 2018, comedian and actor Rob Delaney read and signed Ten in the Bed in Makaton, a particular form of sign language. Broadcast on the BBC children’s channel...
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    through his own production company, and he presents it while signing in Makaton. In November 2008, CBeebies aired three different pilots made by Fletcher...
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  • co-developed the language programme Makaton in the 1970s. Walker was one of the three developers of the language programme Makaton. The name of the programme is...
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