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My Sister Bobbie
... My wife and I contacted and visited a large number of local care homes that would accept residents with Alzheimer’s. After I had described my sister’s behaviour, some said they could accept ...
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DWP work with us on the development of the proposed new Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
Earlier this year the government issued the first draft assessment criteria for PIP. The DSA had a number of concerns they wanted to raise with the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions). ...
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Winter Fuel Bills Rebate - Have you applied?
Have you heard about the Warm Homes discount scheme? The new Warm Homes discount scheme helps people on low incomes with their fuel bills. It’s a new scheme which will replace a number of other schemes ...
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Mears Raise Over £700 for DSA
... to support a local charity and the DSA is a very worthy cause. There has been a lot of hard work and a number of initiatives to the fund-raising. The activities were also great at bringing both teams together ...
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RECYCLING CLOTHES SCAM UP AND RUNNING AGAIN
... party. We have been contacted by a number of our supporters and members who have received clothes recycling bags and flyers. The flyer uses the DSA's logo and web address, and quotes our charity ...
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OVERSEAS EVENTS - Take Up The Challenge
? We have a number of overseas and UK challenges you can take part in throughout the year. You can trek, cycle or kayak across the UK, South Africa, the Grand Canyon, Cambodia, ...
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Numicon
... Delivered by our Accredited Numicon Trainer The key areas of mathematics to be covered in both workshops include: Number and numeral recognition using the vocabulary of number – number ...
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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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Education
... and number skills, develop fine motor skills and support the development of age appropriate behaviour. For parents and professionals working in special and mainstream education settings. Langdon Down ...
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Useful Numbers and Links
Disability Law Service http://www.dls.org.uk/ Equality And Human Rights Commission http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/ British Institute Of Human Rights http://www.bihr.org.uk/ Resources: Liberty ...
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Get Going
... the DSA for advice. The Group set up an email forum to ensure that they all stayed in touch. DSA representatives attended a number of meetings with the Group and wrote letters to the local authority. ...
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Get Together to Get Going
... Law Legal Issues and Principles to Consider Using Legislation to Help You Case Law Community Care Human Rights Equality Making A Complaint Useful Numbers and Links ...
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Premier League's Down Syndrome Football Festival
... rest period will be enforced). The teams, depending on numbers, will be separated into between two and four groups, playing in a round-robin style format. Following the festival, a coach education session ...
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2011/2012
... number this year. Please click on the relevant title below to see our response to various issues. Completed DSA Consultation Responses for 2011 - Housing Benefit Reform - Supported ...
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DSA Training - UK and Abroad
... and help you with the promotion through our network and forums. Costs for Training and Learning days for You: Costs for these days will vary according to programme and number of trainers. ...
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Shifting Perspectives Photographers
... kalitype and silver gelatin emulsion. Her work has been exhibited widely, especially in her native country, Brazil. She has photographed her daughter Victoria for a number of educational books and continues ...
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Northern Ireland SEN Framework Review
... Way Forward for SEN and Inclusion but it is vital that parents make their views known. You can do this in a number of ways: 1. Write to DENI - download a sample letter to assist you. If you do send ...
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My poem
I have been writing poetry for a number of years on different topics and have had a number of poems published, and recently I thought it would be good to turn my talent to writing poetry to inspire and ...
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Why we did Capital to Coast
... to speak to someone about it and we were given the name and number of The Down's Syndrome Association. On leaving hospital, I rang the DSA, who were so informative and really lovely to speak to. ...
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Common Assessment Framework for Adults
... could be accessed by large numbers of people in different agencies, and the government's track record of IT based ‘solutions' to problems. Despite overall support for the principle of ‘telling it once' ...