If you haven't already got a copy of Fiona Place's fantastic book Portrait of the Artist's Mother you can now read the first ch...

Down Sydrome NSW will be hosting an Estate Planning Seminar in August. The presentation will cover a number of important topics such as: ...

The Winter 2019 edition is now available. This digest provides summaries of Administrative Appeals Tribunal decisions abour the NDIS. It ...

The pricing in the Support Catalogue has now been amended so that the group rates do indeed increase. The most accurate version of the Sup...

The Focus on Ability Film Festival has received entries from 26 countries in 2019. Plenty of great films to watch for the cineastes among y...

New pricing for supports as of today 1 July 2019. There are a couple of changes to the format, the information has been split into two doc...

These resources are available from NSW Health Agency for Clinical Innovation. Say Less Show More is a series of visual supports for routi...

Portrait of the Artist's Mother | Dignity, Creativity and Disability by Fiona Place will be published by Spinifex Press in May 2019. T...

Diversity of Disability Image Competition This one is for all the photographic creatives out there. The Melbourne Disability Institute, Me...

Leave no one behind  Leave no one behind is the international theme for World Down Syndrome Day this year. 'All people wi...

The Essential Guide to Safe travel-training for Children with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities by Desiree Gallimore Published by Jessi...

The Housing Hub is a website that allows people with disability to look for SDA (Specialist Disability Accommodation), SSA (Supported ...

We have decided to revive and refresh Keeping Up with Down Syndrome NSW as our Library + Information blog. Here we will post information abo...

STORY WEBS: anecdotal narrative and the fabric of being Human beings seem to spend a lot of their time together exchanging stories about ...

Saturday 23 March 2019 is voting day in NSW. In NSW we have 4 year fixed term governments. How do you cast your vote in the NSW election? ...

Disability Strategy A living document  Improving outcomes for children and young people, and their families  Published last week by the...

Don't Ditch Disability Advocacy The Disability Advocacy Alliance has organised a rally in Sydney tomorrow. Where: Martin Place (...

Ellen's 6 Months Review It has been six months now since I have been at work at DSNSW. I have learnt some new skills. ...

Ellen’s tips for a preparing for a job interview ·       Listen to your favourite music to keep you calm ·       I feel good an...

Our new admin assistant Ellen Hester did a fantastic job presenting at our Education Conference last week.  Here's what Ellen had to s...

How you can be part of Down Syndrome Australia's Social Media Campaign in March 2018. Happy New Year to all our friends and commu...

Hello everyone, I'm the new blog editor for Down Syndrome NSW.  It's nice to meet you all! I'd like to begin by thanking forme...

After 10 years as blog editor, and 28 years of working in various information roles with Down Syndrome NSW, this is the last of 4,400 posts...

There is so much in this video that I want to dissect about the Down syndrome diagnosis narrative, but honestly, I don’t feel like makin...