Tell us your story

If you would like to share your story about using Makaton, please fill in the form below then click on the Send form button. If you'd rather not use the form, please email website@makaton.org. Thank you.

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About you
Your name *
What is your relationship to the person who uses Makaton? *
About the person who uses Makaton
Name *
Age *
Gender *	male female
What learning difficulties does he/she have? *
What is his/her current situation? At school, special needs centre, etc?
About your use of Makaton
How did you first hear about Makaton?
When did you start using Makaton? What age was the person who uses Makaton?
How did you learn Makaton? (Did you find it easy or difficult? Were the training courses and learning resources good or bad? How could we make it easier for people to learn Makaton?)
How has your use of Makaton developed since you first started using it?
What Makaton resources do you use now? (Do you think they are good or bad? What resources would you like to have that are currently not available?)
How have the communication skills of the person who uses Makaton developed since you started using Makaton?
How many people in your family or workplace use Makaton? (How good would you say each one is at communicating using Makaton?)
What impact has using Makaton had on your social, work, and/or family life?
Have you ever used any other communication systems? (Do you still use them? If no, why did you stop?)
Has The Makaton Charity helped you in any way? (For example, with information and advice?)
Is there anything else you would like to add about using Makaton and how it affects you?
Contact details
Email address *
Postal address *

Town / City *
County
Post code *
Phone number
For the website
Attach photo (Please attach a photo of the Makaton user that we can use to illustrate the story (max size: 2Mb))
Use pseudonyms? (If you would like us to use pseudonyms on the website, what names would you like us to use?)
Verification * (enter the code exactly as it is displayed)