An award winning Spanish film about a unusual man with Down syndrome (played by Pablo Pineda), Me, Too is scheduled for screening at the Sy...

Rachel Simon is well known for her book, Riding the Bus With My Sister, and as a contributor to Thicker Than Water . She now maintains a b...

The dire circumstances for some people with disabilities and their families who are in critical need, and seeking out of home care was highl...

Healthy Adulthood An informal dinner and discussion for parents and family carers of adolescents and adults with Down syndrome 6:30pm - ...

Playing to Their Strengths - a workshop for teachers 9:30am - 3:00pm Friday 25th June 2010 Quality Hotel Apollo International 290 Pacifi...

Woodbine House has published another book in their Topics in Down Syndrome series, The Down Syndrome Transition Handbook: Charting your chil...

Informal meeting for grandparents of children with Down syndrome 0 - 6 yrs old. An opportunity to get some information about Down syndrome ...

Last week's NSW Cabinet reshuffle saw a change of Ministers for Ageing, Disability and Home Care, as Paul Lynch took on new portfolios a...

Longitudinal study of ageing and Alzheimer's disease Researchers at the University of Kentucky have been awarded a $US2.4 million gran...

The UK Down's Syndrome Association , based in London, has announced the 25 finalists in its My Perspectives   competition,  for photogra...

What's it all about? Football NSW hosts an annual Football4all gala day for children and young people with special needs. The day is...

Come and try registration day Sunday 27th June NSW Softball Centre Blacktown Olympic Park, Rooty Hill Competition starts Sunday 11th July an...

New legislation now means that vulnerable Australians have the option of receiving their regular income support payments weekly, instead of ...

No more meltdowns: Positive strategies for managing and preventing out-of-control behaviour by Jed Baker (Future Horizons, 2008) is a book ...

A film producer working on a commission for Relationship Australia in partnership with the Federal Attorney General's department to prod...

The Productivity Commission released their discussion paper yesterday. The paper summarises what the Commission sees as the important issues...

Adelaide   Foundation 21’s tenth Buddy Walk on 10/10/10 ! Melbourne   Sunday 10/10/10 Canberra Saturday 16/10/10 Brisbane Sunday 17/10/...

Our 5th June  parent forum on how Proloquo2go can be used to assist people with Down syndrome to communicate is fully booked. You can reg...

The Newcastle Down Syndrome Support Group has organised its coffee mornings at different location and on different days of the week to cate...

The NSW Ombudsman and Disability Council NSW present ‘From Institutions to Community Living’ , a free forum that will examine the plans fo...