Library Thursday, 15th August 2013

• Several titles from the UK Books Beyond Words series are in our library collection.  This promotional video explains why they were published, and how they can be used to support people with intellectual disabilities.  5m 53s

• Another new resource of interest to older people with Down syndrome and their carers - This is our space: ageing with disability is a booklet newly released by Dept of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. It addresses how community organisations can welcome older people with all kinds of disabilities into their groups and activities. It is free to download in several formats.

• Powerpoint presentations and photos from the Global Down Syndrome Foundation's Research & Medical Care Roundtable on held at the (US) National Down Syndrome Congress annual Convention in July are now up on the Foundation's website - free to download.

• The Down Syndrome Research Foundation in Canada, currently has available three online videos on reading, Successful Strategies for Beginning Readers with Down Syndrome, accompanied by a set of free, downloadable, printable resources.