While October is Down Syndrome Awareness month in the US, and hosts Down Syndrome Awareness Week here in Australia, Canada holds Down Syndro...

A loosely connected collection of links to recent news reports and blogs about rights and people with Down syndrome and other  intellectual...

It's only an awkward society that believes Stevie Payne needs to be a 'joyous beacon' Kathy Evans, Sydney Morning Herald, 4t...

Down Syndrome Research Across the Lifespan: A Q and A with (NICHD) Experts (US) National institute of Child Health and Human Development , 2...

Library Shelf: New Title Raising Henry: A memoir of motherhood, disability and discovery Rachel Adams’s life had always gone according t...

Media world wide has celebrated the role that Steven Payne played in his sister Michelle's winning ride in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday...

 If Tracylee, Rohan and Tara's feedback from the 12th World Down Syndrome Congress in India earlier this year has you thinking about th...

Everyone who just watched Michelle Payne win the Melbourne Cup on Prince of Penzance, will also have seen her brother Stevie Payne , the ...

Artists with Down syndrome resident in NSW might be interested in this opportunity. Visit Accessible Arts NSW website for further informati...

Down Syndrome News  The  Fall 2015 issue  of the (US) National Down Syndrome Congress newsletter reports on the annual Convention held ...

Disability advocates say schools have an obligation to all students ABC News online, 31st October 2015 Disability advocates say schools h...

Down Syndrome NSW has received funding through the National Disability Insurance Agency that will provide additional opportunities for our ...

All the best for the final Step Up! event for 2015, at Picton Botanic Gardens , tomorrow.

October's Down Syndrome Awareness Month Was Never About Human Rights Kari Wagner-Peck, Huffington Post (blog), 29th October 201...

Growth Charts for Children With Down Syndrome Bernadette S Zemel et al,  Pediatrics , Vol 136, No 5, November 2015 Children with Down ...

NSW CID TV launched NSW Council for Intellectual Disability has recently launched its own You Tube channel, CID TV . Leigh Creighton is CI...

Up! Club members Rohan Fullwood and Tara Elliffe  spoke about there experience at the  12th World Down Syndrome Congress in Chennai, India...

Good mental health services meeting the needs of people with intellectual disability require both mental health professionals and disabilit...

The activities and direction of Down Syndrome NSW are overseen by a Board of directors who are elected by the membership of the Association ...

NDIS September 2015 eNewsletter Disability Loop eNews Issue #9 (21st october 2015) New information about NDIS and housing What are pe...