Keeping Up with Down Syndrome NSW
Thursday, 5 August 2010

Library Thursdays: Strong Love

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If you are still looking for a film for these cold nights, you may want to have a look at Strong Love (Bonnie Burt Productions, 2007) It is...
Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Numicon training: Wyong and Cranebrook

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Numicon is an inclusive, multi-sensory approach to teaching numeracy using patterns to represent each numeral.    www.numicon.co.nz Numic...

Listening with the intent to hear

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Joan Medlen is well known for her work promoting healthy eating for people with Down syndrome, but she has many other talents.  She is an a...
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Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Federal election campaign 2010: a mother speaks to politicians about long term care

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Jenny Rollo is a Sydney mother, well acquainted with the need for adults with disabilities and their families for assurance that their long...

Team Down Syndrome NSW: City 2 Surf 2010

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A big thank you and best wishes to the 101 City2surfers who will tackle heartbreak hill as part of ‘Team Down Syndrome’ in this Sunday’s C...
Monday, 2 August 2010

$250,000 NSW Government grant to research younger onset dementia

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It is well known that people with Down syndrome are vulnerable to developing younger onset dementia (defined as dementia diagnosed before th...
Sunday, 1 August 2010

Sunday blog surfing .....

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Alex is a 17 year old girl who lives with her family in Colorado.  A year ago, her mother started a blog to chronicle one year of her life, ...
Saturday, 31 July 2010

Federal election campaign 2: Liberal Party policy and funding announcement on services to support people with disabilities

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The Liberal Party announced a policy and funding package for students with disabilities yesterday (Friday 30th July) as part of its election...
Friday, 30 July 2010

Some further responses to Weekend Sunrise

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Adelaide newspaper Hills and Valley Messenger Disability and Culture blog commentary Apologies from Prue MacSween and Channel 7 are repo...
Thursday, 29 July 2010

Federal election campaign: Labor Party policy and funding announcement on services to support people with disabilities

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The Prime Minister announced a package of policies and funding to support people with disabilities this morning, as part of the Labor Party...

Library Thursdays: Sex and relationships booklets, Plus resources for children on Coeliac Disease

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CHANGE is an organisation led by people with disabilities in the UK who seek equal rights for people with intellectual disabilities (called...
Tuesday, 27 July 2010

More alike than different: campaign video

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The National Down Syndrome Congress (based in Atlanta, Georgia) is running an awareness campaign focusing on how people with Down syndrome ...
Monday, 26 July 2010

Gateway: A visual arts experience from the artists at Boonah Creative Arts

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Glebe : 30 July - 17 August 2010: An exhibition of works from the visual arts students at Boonah Creative Arts Centre. Gateway celebrat...
Sunday, 25 July 2010

New bowling group for secondary students: Eastern Suburbs

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Are you looking for regular, social and leisure opportunities for you teen, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney?  Natascha Milsom's note co...

Housing Pathways: single application process for public housing

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IDEAS has written about this welcome innovation: A new program called 'Housing Pathways' was recently introduced to make it sim...
Saturday, 24 July 2010

Disability and culture

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Sydney writer Fiona Place has started a new blog, Disability and Culture , to the discuss the issues facing parents raising a child with an...
Friday, 23 July 2010

Disabled students need to be part of mainstream

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Letters to the editor, Sydney Morning Herald today (23rd July) in response to Ross Jeffreys's letter yesterday : As a teacher and a ...

Disability Rocks Concert

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Seymour Centre - Chippendale, Sydney Sunday 1st August, 3pm Dedicated parents of children with a disability have joined forces to change ...

What's next? 2 workshops for parents of pre-teens and young adolescents

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Saturday 21st August at Down Syndrome NSW, 80 Weston Street Harris Park (Sydney) Register for either or both workshops, and for lunch if y...

Something a little lighter ....

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Here are some links to lighten the mood a little after those media reports, and the education inquiry .... Identical twins aim for Special ...
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