The 4th International Down Syndrome Swimming Championships were held in Portugal from 29th November to 4th December 2008. Team Australia we...

Happy new year - may you enjoy good health, many opportunities, and a good measure of fun in 2009. The Down Syndrome NSW office will re-open...

Melbourne band Rudely Interrupted was invited by the United Nations to perform in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium on the 3rd of December ...

The British movie Coming Down the Mountain is scheduled to screen on ABC2 on Friday 2nd January, at 8.30 pm. From the program guide : Davi...

The Down Syndrome NSW Office is closed from 22 nd December 2008, reopening on Monday 5 th January 2009. Calls from families of newborns ...

This news story about a group of nuns transporting children with Down syndrome in rural Vietnam to and from school by motorbike, tells of ...

Lucy Dumitrescu is a very fit young woman, who lives in Sydney. She trains regularly and hard in a number of sports, including swimming, ru...

It is important for people, especially children, to be able to identify with characters and situations in stories that they read or hear. It...

This article from Canwest News describes the Canadian Registered Disability Savings Plan , implemented from 1st December, from the point...

Exceptional Parent magazine is a very well established publication from the US, addressing topics of interest to and about people with all ...

If you are travelling to the UK in the early months of 2009 (or indeed, if you live there) this play, Miss Brown to You at the Hijinx The...

Kirsten Dean is a former journalist, and is currently the President of Down Syndrome Victoria. Her response, to last Sunday's article a...

A special day for kids with Down syndrome and other special needs, Kids Race Day will be held at Oran Park Raceway (Cobbity Rd, Narellan) n...

The December issue of Practical Parenting magazine out now in newsagents , includes an article "Think Before You Test", in which ...

Calls for an Australian national strategy for prenatal testing for Down syndrome reported in last Sunday's Fairfax newspapers in Sydney ...

Signing helps people with Down syndome communicate. It can be used initially to help children learn how to communicate with others which lea...

Down Syndrome Education International hosted the inaugural Research Directions Symposium in the UK in October 2007. Reviews and updates o...

The NSW Ombudsman has responsibility for reviewing the deaths of people with disabilities in care, and has just published the fifth annual r...

The Fairfax press picked up reports about the Danish research referred to in this post , and asked Australian (professional) experts if a n...

While this is a great story from the UK about a woman with Down syndrome having the determination and persistence to lose a lot of weight,...