SINGAPORE – It is like a guessing game trying to understand her 13-year-old daughter, who has Down syndrome, said Ms Angeline Oer. Her daughter, Lenette, struggles to express her thoughts and usually ...

At Jan Dunbar’s Traralgon home the hands do more than the usual. Thirty years ago the mother of two started learning Makaton, a program that uses hand signs and symbols to help people communicate.

Just as stroke charities use FAST to teach warning signs, this new word has been designed to be an easy memory aid for dementia prevention ALZHEIMER’S disease is one of the biggest health threats of ...