“Since we’ve been able to communicate, our bond has become so much stronger”, says mum Tasha of her son TJ. Tasha, from Derby, is now learning to become a Makaton tutor after she mastered the language programme to communicate with TJ, who has Down’s syndrome, is autistic and non-verbal.
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