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.
We are supporting self-advocates to improve Bridge training – a program that helps advocates speak up for the rights of people with disabilities.
The Down’s Syndrome Association and Down’s Syndrome Scotland developed and ran a UK-wide research & advocacy project on ‘Inclusive Education’, what it means and how it can be implemented.
The World Down Syndrome Awards are given to projects, achievements, or practices that make the lives of people with Down syndrome better.
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.
We worked with international clinical experts on cardiac disease to create an up-to-date review and expert consensus document on cardiac disease in Down syndrome to be shared with health professionals worldwide.
We worked with 5 self-advocates with intellectual disabilities to develop and deliver webinars on best practices for inclusive employment of persons with intellectual disabilities.
We worked with our member organisations in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda to set up self-advocacy groups to speak up for inclusive employment.
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.
We published a case study on best practices in the inclusive employment of persons with intellectual disabilities in Bangladesh.
We are working with our UK member, the Down’s Syndrome Association, and our Ambassador Committee to explore solutions to the challenge of taking part remotely.