Stories from Lámh Users and their families

Lámh is reaching thousands
Real stories of transformation and empowerment.

Our mission is to encourage everybody to communicate using Lámh signing through education, awareness raising and resources. Lámh can be a stepping stone to communicating with the world. Approximately 5000 people complete Lámh courses each year, in the last five years alone, 24,000 people have trained in Lámh sign. Watch and read about the impact Lámh continues to have in helping people to communicate… 

Hear from Lámh users and their families about the positive impact Lámh has had in their lives and communities.

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Lámh in the Media

Watch and listen to stories from Lámh users and their families, speak about their experience of Lámh and the impact it has in their lives, schools and communities.

What is Lámh? - appearance on IrelandAM: (28th November 2025)

Lámh user Eimear, her mum Mary, and Lámh Tutor Deirdre Coleman appeared on IrelandAM to speak about the launch of Dizzy Deliveries Series 3 and the importance Lámh has in supporting Eimear to communicate. Watch the segment here:

Series 3 Dizzy Deliveries Launch

Gaelscoil na Deise celebrate Lá Lámh 2024

The children from Gaelscoil na Deise, Waterford were interviewed in 2024 on Cúla4 about how they celebrate Lá Lámh in their school - watch how they use Lámh Sign with singing to celebrate!

Lámh | The Late Late Show | RTÉ One 27th October 2022

In this segment from The Late Late Show in October 2022 watch - parents discuss with host Ryan Tubridy, the positive impact Lámh has for them, their children and their wider communities: 

Grace Park Educate Together National School: 15th October 2025 - ‘Sharing the Lámh’ on Lámh Day

As part of Lámh Day 2025 celebrations, students from the Lámh Committee at Grace Park Educate Together National School (ETNS) were interviewed about how they celebrated the theme ‘Share the Lámh’. They demonstrated their understanding of signing by singing ‘Days of the Week’. The segment also showed the schools’ commitment to creating a school-wide Lámh signing environment to facilitate inclusion, where Lámh user Alfie teaches his friends in 2nd Class how to use signs.

Joe and Aisling from Dizzy Deliveries announce Lámh Stamp launch!

Watch how the children from BSRAC celebrate ‘Lámh for Living’ at school as part of Lámh Day celebrations 2023

RTÉ News feature: ‘A Helping Hand’ with Scoil Chiarain: 24th September 2019 

Watch staff and pupils from Scoil Chiarain explain how Lámh is used each day in their school to support and foster communication.

"Hearing From the Experts" Video Series

Featured adults who use Lámh sharing their own stories about why communication matters to them and how Lámh has supported their self-advocacy skills.

  1. Ann Marie sums up her Lámh experience and shares her Lámh Sign insights.

  2. Experienced Lámh users share where they Lámhsign.

  3. Experienced Lámh users tell us why they think Lámhsign is important.

"Genuinely I think that for us as a family Lámh has been one of the best things that we've done"

Fionn's Story - Building Confidence Through Lámh

Ceire Rochford is mother to two beautiful boys, Fionn who is six and Odhran who is four. Ceire shares Fionn’s story with us: “Fionn was born in February 2012 and diagnosed with Down Syndrome a number of days after birth. From a very early age, Fionn would try to communicate with anyone that held him: looking deeply into their eyes, following their gaze, making sounds and reaching out. It was obvious that there was lots of personality in there that needed to find a way to burst forth. And that it did… thanks to Lámh.

 Read Fionn's story