Two young adults with Down’s syndrome have helped Wiltshire Police scoop a top employment award. The force was awarded the ‘Best Employer Practice’ accolade by the British Association of Supported Employment (BASE) on Tuesday night. It recognises their commitment to supporting people with disabilities to secure and retain employment. Chief Constable, Kier Pritchard said: “It […]
We are thrilled to be attending this year’s BGC Charity Day with very special ambassador… Phillip Schofield. On Tuesday 11 September Phillip will be joining family members of the DSA as well as ambassadors and beneficiaries from sixteen other charities to take over the BGC offices in London, New York and around the world to raise […]
Carol Boys, Chief Executive of the DSA said today: “I was horrified to read the news about the deaths of Sandra Miller and Jackie Maguire this weekend. It is frightening that people with Down’s syndrome are still losing their lives needlessly, through lack of training and awareness of the condition.” According to Mencap, 1200 people […]
The Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA) is extremely concerned to hear of moves to cut drastically the funding for schools’ provision, especially where this appears to be an arbitrary decision of cutting bands of funding across the board. For any child, a good start in life obviously begins with high quality education, in schools with staff […]
Discover one young woman’s inspirational journey to independence and adulthood. We are honoured to publish A Major Adjustment by Andy Merriman.
The DSA has been appalled to hear of the circumstances surrounding the death of Richard Handley during the course of the inquest into his death. Our thoughts are with Richard’s family at this very sad and difficult time. Richard, who had a number of health issues, died in hospital in 2012. The Coroner has been […]
Philip Hammond recently commented that Britain’s sluggish productivity could partly be blamed on more disabled people in the workforce. It would be interesting to know where he got this information from. An external evaluation of WorkFit, the DSA’s employment programme, found that companies who have members of staff with Down’s syndrome on their payroll reported […]
A literature review entitled Has non-invasive prenatal testing impacted termination of pregnancy and live birth rates of infants with Down syndrome? written by Hill, Barrett, Choolani, Lewis, Fisher & Chitty has been published. While the DSA acknowledges that the offer of prenatal testing for Down’s syndrome is a routine part of antenatal care, we are […]
The Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA) would not want to see a world without people with Down’s syndrome. People with Down’s syndrome make an enormous contribution to their families, local communities and society in general in all sorts of different ways. While The DSA acknowledges that the offer of prenatal testing for Down’s syndrome is a routine […]
The DSA are horrified to hear of the circumstances surrounding the death of Samantha Ashkar. The family were members and are well known to the DSA. Samantha had a number of health issues and died in hospital in 2015. The poor care received during her time in hospital has been under investigation, and the Coroner reported […]
