Members will have recently received (or will soon receive) tickets for this year’s DSA raffle. We’ve enclosed three books of tickets with our Autumn Update. As in previous years you could win one of five cash prizes from £250 to £2,500. Tickets are still only £1 each. You can help us raise funds by selling […]
Over the last few weeks I have spoken about going back to my various groups with the correct social protection. This week for the first time since shutdown, I went out with my parents. We went to Cannizaro Park which is in the borough of Murton. It is very beautiful there and has some of […]
The DSA will be closely following how the Department of Health and Social Care responds to the recommendations made in the 4th annual report of The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme, published yesterday (16 July 2020). The LeDeR programme, established in 2015, aims to reduce early deaths and health inequalities for people with a learning […]
A gene has been discovered that can naturally suppress the signs of Alzheimer’s Disease in human brain cells, in research led by Queen Mary University of London. The scientists have also developed a new rapid drug-screening system for treatments that could potentially delay or prevent the disease. The main challenge in testing Alzheimer’s drugs in […]
By Hannah It was my 30th birthday at the end of June. I asked for Donations instead of birthday presents to help people like me with Downs’ Syndrome to help them with Jobs and to find work. Workfit has helped me and I am so happy in my admin support job. I like to raise […]
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The Down’s Syndrome Association is involved in an international study looking at the effects of COVID-19 in people who have Down’s syndrome. This is an extremely important study, since COVID-19 is a ‘novel’ virus, unknown to the medical community until the beginning of this year. As yet, we knew very little about how severely affected […]
