Caroline Brunner: pioneering Canberra public servant with Down syndrome retires Natasha Rudra, Canberra Times, 26 August 2016 For near...

Click here for Down Syndrome NSW events These links provide information about events run by other organisations that might be of inte...

Phone app connects people with disabilities to carers with shared interests Jodie Noce,  7.30  (ABC TV), 29 August 2016 Every day, hund...

School talk: introducing disabilities to classrooms and friends Kelle Hampton,  Enjoying the Small Things , 31 August 2016 ... the instant...

from Bruce Bonyhady, National Disability Insurance Agency ( NDIA) Chair , 5th September 2016 ... As I travel across Australia, and spea...

32 Years of Challenge Gets You Cake and Stuffies Dave Hingsburger, Of Battered Aspect , 1 September 2016 ... It's an important story,...

Media release from Carers Australia, 5 September 2016: “Carers Australia is heartily sick of attacks on carers of people with disability, c...

ACO Move diary Emily Dash, ACO , 1 August 2016 It is the ACO's vision to remove barriers for people with disability to participate ful...

Earlier post on the need to review implementation of the NDIS portal NDIS MyPlace Portal Implementation Review - Final Report Links ...

Kill-Off - trailer Bus Stop Films , 31 August 2016 The official trailer for the short film Kill Off , starring Jamie Brewer, Abby Ear...

The 2016 Trevor Parmenter Lifetime Achievement Award  was presented to Jim Simpson , Senior Advocate with NSW Council on Intellectual Dis...

Students with disability or special needs in New South Wales schools This inquiry was established on 24 August 2016 to inquire into and rep...

This post is focused on the recent difficulties experienced by both participants and service providers attempting to use the new NDIS '...

The exhibition Play presents an opportunity to see the work of thirteen artists from Studio A , a professional track initiative of Studio A...

Recordings from the (US) National Down Syndrome Congress 2016 Convention From (US) National Down Syndrome Congress e-News , August 2016...

Carers NSW is conducting a survey to understand carers' respite needs and experiences to inform the advocacy work of all Carer Associat...

Interesting to see this long-standing campaign reach the mainstream media: Swimmers with Down syndrome missing Paralympics under 'un...

Step UP! for Down syndrome is an annual event that recognises the abilities and achievements of people living with Down syndrome. ...

A Glorious Adventure Paul Critchlow, Orange Juice Flavour Sky, 12 August 2016 Emily was born 24 years ago today, on the twelfth of Au...

Adult Down Syndrome Centre posted about Alzheimer's disease and the possibility of a vaccine on 4 August 2016, via their Facebook page ...