by Rachael Foster | Mar 22, 2023 | Our Voice Our Stories
Self advocate and Our Voice member Harshi has had a busy few weeks! She’s shared a blog with us about all that she’s been up to. Roundtable meeting with the Childrens’ Commissioner, and the Secretary of State for Education My name is Harshi and I am...
by Andrea Bishop | Mar 21, 2023 | Our Stories, Our Voice Our Stories
Maxwell Macleod was born on World Down Syndrome Day 2014. Every year since then his mum, Molly, has written a piece for us to mark his birthday. Here is her post for World Down Syndrome Day 2023… In my world of work, I’m involved in the field of Restorative...
by Rachael Foster | Mar 20, 2023 | Our Voice Our Stories
I went to Vienna for a 3 day conference. I was representing Down Syndrome International and the UK. The conference was called ZeroCon, and it was in the UN Building. I did a presentation in Room M3 at the conference. It was on using technologies to understand...
by Kate Potter | Mar 17, 2023 | Information
The Government’s Health and disability white paper The Government has announced ambitious reforms to the benefit system includes the removal of the Work Capability Assessment -WCA- and instead have just one health and disability assessment through PIP....
by Rachael Foster | Mar 17, 2023 | Our Voice Our Stories
Champions is an American sports comedy in which a former minor-league basketball coach receives a court order to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. Despite his doubts, he soon realizes that together they can go further than they ever imagined....
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