0 a brand name for a system of hand and body movements representing words, used with speech and designed to help people who have learning or communication problems: --
The Makaton vocabulary was designed by speech therapist Margaret Walker in the 1970s.
Makaton's combination of signs, gestures and printed symbols is now taught in many primary schools to spur the development of language in children.
The Makaton Vocabulary was devised as a "language enabling device" for people with learning disabilities.
If you don't understand Makaton, you could soon be in the minority.
He's just passed an exam in Makaton.
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European
May 10, 2021
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Makaton