SANTA and his elves have been wishing visitors a ‘Merry Makaton Christmas’ using simple sign language for those with special educational needs. Five-year-old Emilie-Faye Borrowdale, from Nelson, was ...

The Makaton Charity, based in Westmead, is now encouraging every Christmas Santa Clause to learn Makaton, which combines the use of signs, symbols and speech to help people to communicate. The charity ...