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40th Anniversary Lifetime Service Awards
... contact Patricia James at the Down's Syndrome Association at 0845 230 0372 or via email patricia.james@downs-syndrome.org.uk -END- Notes to editors: • Around one in every 1,000 babies is born with Down's ...
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Fulham FC Kick off Down's Syndrome Awareness Week
... a professional interest with a membership of more than 20,000. There are around 60,000 people with the condition in the UK; around 1 in every 1,000 babies is born with Down's syndrome. The DSActive ...
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Fulham FC Kick off Down's Syndrome Awareness Week
... 1,000 babies is born with Down's syndrome. The DSActive programme began in 2006 as a pilot programme with the Fulham FC Foundation in partnership with the Down's Syndrome Association in response to a ...
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Awareness Week 2010
... mothers and new parents of babies with Down’s syndrome receive balanced and accurate information about Down’s syndrome prior to screening and when a diagnosis of the condition is made. Shifting ...
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Down’s Syndrome Association scoop top SEN (Special Education Needs) book award
... the publication contact our press office on 0845 230 0372 or email xanthe.breen@downs-syndrome.org.uk Notes to editors: • Around one in every 1,000 babies is born with Down's syndrome. • Down's syndrome ...
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Shifting Perspectives in Halifax
... for new parents of babies with Down's syndrome. Fiona Yaron-Field's book ‘Up Close' is an intimate portrait of the relationship between a mother and her daughter. A relationship which is brought sharply ...
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Panorama investigation into care home neglect- the Down's Syndrome Association responds
... contact: John Smithies, 0845 230 0372 / 07787 487587 / john.smithies@downs-syndrome.org.uk Notes to editors: Around 1 in every 1,000 babies is born with Down's syndrome. There are around 6,000 ...
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Down's syndrome team wow 19,000 footy fans at QPR
... the opportunity to engage in physical activities while learning the skills of football. • Around one in every 1,000 babies is born with Down's syndrome. • There are around 60,000 people with the condition ...
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General
‘The Down Syndrome Educational Trust at Portsmouth have produced some excellent accesible resources aimed at pre-school children. I have found their DVD ‘Activities for Babies with Down syndrome' and ‘Speech ...
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Toys/Equipment
‘Choose multi-textured toys, and especially for lower birth weight babies, keep the toys small and light so they have a better chance of being able to handle them. Make a ‘treasure basket' for children ...
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BBC Radio 4 - 'Born with Down's syndrome'
... syndrome is being seen in a different light today. "When I and others had our babies it was a very different world - those with Down's syndrome were treated very differently. Now there is much greater ...
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Births with Down's syndrome increase
The number of babies in England and Wales being born with Down's syndrome has risen to a higher level than in 1989 when serum pre-natal screening was widely introduced - with two births a day according ...
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Key Facts
Did you know...? Around one in every 1000 babies born in the UK will have Down's syndrome. There are 60,000 people in the UK with the condition. Although the chance of a baby having Down's syndrome ...
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Response to research about pre-natal screening
Down's Syndrome Association responds to research suggesting for every three unborn babies with Down's syndrome prevented from being born, two healthy babies will be miscarried. Carol Boys, chief executive ...
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Health Care
... professionals in treating patients with learning disabilities. Thorough and timely heart screening for all babies with Down's syndrome. More care in the way new parents are told that their baby has ...
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Education
... disability. There are around 16,000 school age children with Down's syndrome in the UK. Most babies with Down's syndrome can now expect to attend a mainstream primary school. Increasingly, children ...
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5. Do people with Down's syndrome have medical problems?
Certain medical problems are more common in people with Down's syndrome. These include: 40-50% of babies with Down's syndrome are born with heart problems, half of which require heart surgery A significant ...
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1. I have just had a baby with Down's syndrome. Will my child be healthy?
... of the common problems which children with Down's syndrome have include: 40 - 50 of babies with Down's syndrome are born with heart problems, half of which require surgery. A significant number of ...
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4. When should I claim Disability Living Allowance for my child?
... or babies with feeding problems.) Probably most claims should be made somewhere between 6 and 12 months old. See Guidelines to claiming DLA for more detailed information on the DLA rules or contact the ...
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3. What is the incidence of Down's syndrome?
For every 1,000 babies born, one will have Down's syndrome. About 750 babies with Down's syndrome are born in the UK each year. Down's syndrome affects people of all ages, races, religious and economic ...