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Down’s Syndrome Association is awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant
... Another ship, the Princess Alexandra, is a 40-gun man of war completed in 1862. Pullen’s life is a significant one in the history of learning disability and this exhibition will allow his story to reach ...
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Down’s Syndrome Association is awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant
... Another ship, the Princess Alexandra, is a 40-gun man of war completed in 1862. Pullen’s life is a significant one in the history of learning disability and this exhibition will allow his story to reach ...
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DSA delighted to be working with new Charity of the Year Partner for 2012
... able to help them achieve their goals for 2012 and beyond.” Upon learning that the Association had been selected Corporate Manager Patricia James said “The Down’s Syndrome Association is elated ...
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DSA delighted to be working with new Charity of the Year Partner for 2012
... able to help them achieve their goals for 2012 and beyond.” Upon learning that the Association had been selected Corporate Manager Patricia James said “The Down’s Syndrome Association is elated to ...
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Other
... enjoy play sessions with experienced childcare workers, parents spend time engaged in learning about Down's syndrome, from hearing and vision issues to cognition and play, from social emotional development ...
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Government reverses its decision to stop the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance for people in residential care
... Syndrome Association and all the members of the Learning Disability Coalition (LDC) are pleased to see that common sense has prevailed. We welcome the announcement by the Government that ...
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DWP work with us on the development of the proposed new Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
... We were invited to be part of a group of organisations advising the DWP on how the proposed assessment criteria for PIP would impact upon the lives of people with learning disabilities. Last ...
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World Down Syndrome recognised officially by the United Nations
... condition from conception. All people with Down syndrome will have some degree of learning disability but many will go on to lead full and semi-independent lives. There is estimated to be up to 7 million ...
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HRH The Duchess of Gloucester visits Down's syndrome Tennis Programme
... currently working hard to get more people playing, whether they have a physical or sensory impairment or a learning disability." The tennis sessions are open to anybody with Down’s syndrome between ...
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Surrey hospital collection moves to Langdon Down Centre
... link to the early period of John Langdon Down’s career before he opened Normansfield. This marks a significant development in the creation of our museum of learning disability. Following a design process ...
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Scheme aimed at helping people with Learning Disability to engage with MP's
RADAR (UK's largest disability campaigning organisation) is running a MP Dialogue Scheme The MP Dialogue Scheme aims to get Welfare Reform on the Agenda To take part in the Dialogue scheme email ...
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Interesting new job for man with Down's syndrome
... for a year." Mr Ellis is the first person with a learning disability to be elected to the position of town crier. To read the full story click on the headline from the Chesham Community Website - Chesham's ...
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Numicon
Additional Maths workshops include: Using Numicon with Children and Young People with Additional Support Needs: Full or half day training which outlines the challenges and potential barriers to learning ...
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Secondary Education
Accessing the Secondary Curriculum: looking at how to differentiate the learning resources, teaching and strategies to enable students with Down's syndrome to participate meaningfully in the secondary ...
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Primary Education - Key Stages 1 & 2
Accessing the Primary curriculum - adapting the primary curriculum and resources and developing teaching strategies based upon the learning profile of pupils with Down's syndrome. Accessing & Success ...
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Early Years - Foundation Stage
... early number and mathematical concepts. Developing Early Pre-Number Concepts - recognising the importance of individual cognitive development, the specific learning and language profiles and developing ...
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General Information
Down's Syndrome Basic Facts - Understanding the Physical and Medical issues associated with Down's Syndrome andthe impact these have upon and learning. Developing Age Appropriate Behaviour and Independent ...
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Education
Support and Practice in Early Years Education for Children with Down's Syndrome This training day for parents and early years practitioners provides information about the learning and language profiles ...
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Adult Annual Health Checks
People with learning disabilities have poorer health than the general population, yet are less likely to access regular health checks or routine screening. People with Down’s syndrome are predisposed to ...
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Human Rights
... & People With Learning Disabilities' at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_115174 To find out how human rights can help, go to: http://www.ourhumanrightsstories.org.uk/case-study/family-uses-human-rights-act-secure-support-council ...