We often read about very positive experiences for siblings of people with Down syndrome and the research literature points out that our chil...

21/07/2008 Joint Media Release : The Hon Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services; The Hon Brenda...

The FREEDOM WHEELS customised bike program modifies standard push bikes to give a new kind of independence to children with disabilities by...

This beautifully illustrated book can help prepare children for a visit to the dentist. It is written as a social script, with each step of ...

The Research pages on the Down Syndrome NSW website have been updated to include information on opportunities for families to participate ...

The photo might take a little time to load - it's worth waiting for! (Click on the photo for a larger, clearer version). Mary Givney-C...

Lots of information about research studies has come in this week, including this locally based study into a very real problem for some peopl...

Honours students Laura Baldwin and Sarah Thompson from the Division of Psychology at RMIT University (Melbourne), in conjunction with the P...

The incidence of both congenital and acquired cataracts is somewhat higher in children with Down syndrome, than in typically developing chil...

At a time when new, noninvasive prenatal tests are being trialled and prepared for commercial release in the UK and in North America, the Eu...

ABC News reported this evening: The states and territories have agreed to set national standards and benchmarks for disability services at...

Down Syndrome Education International is burning ahead with it open access project, releasing four more titles online today providing free ...

A combination of events that will make non-invasive pre-natal testing much more widely available, and are likely to lead to a sharp drop in...

Stuart Mills , an Information Officer with the DSA UK alerted us to the first blog listed below, which led to a little surfing to investigat...

Press release issued 18th July 2008, by ATTORNEY-GENERAL, THE HON ROBERT McCLELLAND MP MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE HON STEPHEN SMITH M...

On MotherJungle , Susan, the mother of a young child with Down syndrome, puts things in perspective (18th July 2008): It is all too easy to ...

06 August- 02 September 2008 Ray Walsh House Foyer Gallery 437 Peel Street, Tamworth Challenge Disability Services have been providing supp...

Jennifer Groneberg's much applauded book "Roadmap to Holland", released in April 2008 has won the National Down Syndrome Con...

Craig Wing (NRL first grade player for South Sydney) is proud to be the Patron of Down Syndrome NSW. His interest in the organisation was ...

These two colourful patchwork quilts are the first of a set of four made for Down syndrome NSW, by Fairholme Quilters (Pennant Hills). The...