14th World Down Syndrome Day Conference
On 21 March 2025, we hosted self-advocates and other experts who spoke up about support systems at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Meaningful Participation of Marginalized and Underrepresented Persons with Disabilities
A big step towards including people with intellectual disabilities in programming by the UN and beyond.
World Down Syndrome Day 2025
On 21 March 2025, join us as we call on Governments to improve our support systems so people with Down syndrome can live and be included in the community, like everyone else.
Bridge training review
We are supporting self-advocates to improve Bridge training – a program that helps advocates speak up for the rights of people with disabilities.
Ambassadors
We work with a team of Ambassadors who guide our work and give us feedback.
Self advocacy
We work with national organisations to develop self-advocacy in their countries and we support self-advocates directly to advocate for their rights at important global events.
Listen Include Respect – UK
We are training self-advocates with Down syndrome and intellectual disabilities, to become consultants on inclusive organisations.
Listen Include Respect
We are working with Inclusion International developing international guidelines so organisations can make their work inclusive.
Legal capacity and supported decision making
For World Down Syndrome Day 2023, the Down Syndrome International network campaigned for the right to legal capacity, supported decision-making and easy-to-understand communication.
Kami
We have teamed up with creative agency Forsman & Bodenfors and global digital modelling agency The Diigitals to create the world’s first virtual influencer with Down syndrome.