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My Perspective Photographic Award - Winners Announced at Kew Gardens
... professionals who work with them. We champion the rights of people with Down's syndrome and strive to improve knowledge of the condition in the wider community. • Shifting Perspectives team explores ...
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SYMBOL SUMMER CAMPS TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS
... for you to claim a respite payment under the rights of your child to respite provision to help with costs. If you need help making this application please contact us. Cost of each week: £495 per participant ...
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SYMBOL SUMMER CAMPS 4 - 11 YEARS
... need. The camps receive no statutory or voluntary funding but it may be possible for you to claim a respite payment under the rights of your child to direct payments provision to help with costs. If ...
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DSA celebrates 40th Anniversary with Lifetime Service Awards at the House of Lords
... Boys, Chief Executive of the Down’s Syndrome Association, said: “Forty years ago, people with Down’s syndrome were fighting for the basic rights – to life, medical treatment, education and to be an ...
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40th Anniversary Lifetime Service Awards
... Boys, Chief Executive of the Down's Syndrome Association, said: "Forty years ago, people with Down's syndrome were fighting for the basic rights - to life, medical treatment, education and to be an accepted ...
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Northern Ireland SEN Framework Review
... English, children in care etc. In our view their needs are fundamentally different to those of a child with a life-long condition such as DS. These proposals amount to a reduction in parental rights ...
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Down’s Syndrome Association scoop top SEN (Special Education Needs) book award
... understanding and champion the rights of people with Down's syndrome. About nasen nasen is the leading UK professional association embracing all special and additional educational needs and disabilities. ...
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Shifting Perspectives in Halifax
... with Down's syndrome, their families and carers. The DSA seeks to improve knowledge and understanding and champion the rights of people with Down's syndrome. ...
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Panorama investigation into care home neglect- the Down's Syndrome Association responds
... to make sure that vulnerable people like the elderly and those with learning disabilities get a service that properly meets their needs. Article 3 of the Human Rights Act clearly states that individuals ...
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Down's syndrome team wow 19,000 footy fans at QPR
... a professional interest. • The DSA seeks to improve knowledge and understanding and champion the rights of people with Down's syndrome. ...
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Government ratifies UN Disability Convention
Every Disabled Child Matters welcomed the Government's decision to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People and it's signing of the Optional Protocol. The Convention on the Rights of ...
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Campaigns
Here you can find our current campaigns on Employment and Human Rights and also our past campaigns. Please select the title below to read the full report: ...
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Response to research about pre-natal screening
... the rights of people with Down's syndrome. ...
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Cosmetic Surgery
... to wider society, but possibly to the child itself. We fully support the rights of adults with Down's syndrome to choose plastic surgery, although it is regrettable that they feel the need to change ...
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11. What does the DSA do for people with Down's syndrome and their families?
... their families/carers and professionals. We champion the rights of people with Down's syndrome to help ensure they have the support opportunities they need to live lives of their own choosing. ...
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8. What is life like now for people with Down's syndrome?
... in 30 years. This has resulted in the White Paper - "Valuing People: A New Strategy for learning Disabilities for the 21st Century", in which the key principles - legal and civil rights, independence, ...
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Terms & Conditions
Copyright All rights, including copyright and database right, in the DOWN'S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION's website and its contents, are owned by or licensed to the DOWN'S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION, or otherwise ...
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Privacy
... on us; protect and defend the rights or property of DSA or visitors of DSA; identify persons who may be violating the law, the legal notice, or the rights of third parties; co-operate with the investigations ...
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M&S Chester employee Annette Smith raises money for two charities close to her HEART!
... for people with Down's syndrome, their families, carers and those with a professional interest. • The DSA seeks to improve knowledge and understanding and champion the rights of people with Down's syndrome. ...
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Join Now
Full members are able to have a say in how the Association is run. Although associate members do not have these rights, everyone gets the following benefits:- The Journal - a magazine packed full of ...