#scribesandmakers Mar 7 Are you able to communicate in sign language? Oh yes. I work with young people with severe and complex learning difficulties. It’s a routine part of the job. We use Signalong, a key-word signing system based on British Sign Language, and much more flexible than the very rigid and vocabulary-tight Makaton. Both have their advantages and disadvantages but Signalong works best in our setting. I was also one of the initial working group writing a simple on-body signing system for young people with multi sensory impairments in our local borough. I can also explain to people the history of ‘flicking the V’ in the UK - the waving of first finger and index finger, knuckles outwards - as an offensive term. This also makes me feel proud.