Library Thursdays: Adult Living series from Down Syndrome Education International

Many of the Issues and Information books from Down Syndrome Education International (previously known as DownsEd) are free to read on their web pages. But the Adult Living series (edited by Roy Brown) of the Issues and Information books are not available there yet and many are not aware of them. Professor Trevor Parmenter (former director of the Centre for Disability Studies, University of Sydney) has reviewed the series here.

The series is available from the library and includes:

Life for adults with Down syndrome: an overview

Information communication technology for adults with Down syndrome

Advocacy for adults with Down syndrome

Community and independent living for adults with Down syndrome

Spiritual well-being for adults with Down syndrome

Drama and the arts for adults with Down syndrome: benefits, options and resources

International and cultural aspects of Down syndrome

Transition to employment

Recreation and adults with Down syndrome

Families of adults with Down syndrome

People with Down syndrome and the law: an Australian perspective

Inclusive post secondary (tertiary) education for adults with Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities

If you would like to borrow any of these or anything else, just call or email.

Also of interest on the Down Syndrome Education International for their Down Syndrome Research and Practice publication is a review of various research on how best to teach reading to children with Down syndrome, Reading interventions for children with Down syndrome by Kelly Burgoyne and a paper on research done in New Zealand on Literacy environments for children with Down syndrome: What's happening at home?