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Creating a world where people with Down’s syndrome are equally valued and have an equal chance of being born.

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Happy Halloween from Hector Monty 🎃🎃🎃
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“We want Miles” 🎤 🎶
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Dozens help singing shopworker recover from setback bbc.in/4BBlb1q
Crowd backs popular singer in Carlton after welfare check

Crowd backs popular singer in Carlton after welfare check

Miles Green's friends and neighbours urge him to keep singing after his confidence was knocked.

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📮 Ted from Cornwall Down’s Syndrome Support Group wrote to his MP — and got a reply! 👏 Thank you Ben Maguire MP for supporting the Down Syndrome Act guidance. Your voice matters. Write to your MP! 🔗 ndspg.org/october-campaign/ #FourYearsStillWaiting #ActIntoAction
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DSRF_UK@DSRF_UKOct 24
Care does not always meet needs – why this happens. “…people with Down syndrome face wide-ranging barriers in accessing or receiving quality health care, including poor coordination of care, insufficient clinician knowledge of Down syndrome-specific health needs, and financial
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Well done to Angela - named ambassador for disability inclusion by catering company Thomas Franks 👏🏻
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Oxford-born Down’s syndrome activist named inclusion ambassador ift.tt/IARMWpL
Oxford-born Down’s syndrome activist named inclusion ambassador

Oxford-born Down’s syndrome activist named inclusion ambassador

Angela Bettoni is a 25-year-old performer and writer born in Oxford and now based in Malta.

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👏 Down’s Syndrome Lancashire took action! Members used our Easy Read resources to write to their MPs about the delayed Down Syndrome Act guidance. 📮 Will your group be next? ndspg.org/october-campaign/ #FourYearsStillWaiting #ActIntoAction
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Super work Jonathan ⚽️ 🏆
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Sam Hall@samanthaHall35Oct 20
Day 20 Down Syndrome awareness Month. Enjoy be outside and listen to birds, and my favourite session is Autumn. #downsyndromeadvocate #disabilityadvocate
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💗 Our voices. Our rights. Our future. Our Advisory Group took their campaign to Downing Street. Four years on, we're still waiting for the Down Syndrome Act guidance. 📩 Write to your MP: ndspg.org/october-campaign/ #FourYearsStillWaiting #DownSyndromeAct
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Jenni was told baby had low chance of having Down's syndrome. Yet after birth, her concerns were dismissed & her request about receiving the diagnosis was ignored - illustrating urgent need to assess wider impacts of antenatal screening @YvetteCooperMP 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=7yAtH93x…
The Diagnosis That Changed Our Family Forever | Jenni Ward

The Diagnosis That Changed Our Family Forever | Jenni Ward

“I was broken. I felt so heartbroken.” 💔What happens when you rec...

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⚒MARK⚒🎗️@m4rk1964Oct 19
true story …. October is Down Syndrome awareness month …. ♥️#DownSyndromeAwareness♥️
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Just off to meet some inspiring people who really change lives @PrideOfBritain All will come clear @itv Thursday 8 pm
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Sam’s Art Work@samartworOct 14
This is what it m’s look like so far, I got through Christmas balls to do. I am enjoying it. They are for sale for £2.50 for one, they will be also be in a set to I will be doing. There will be a price list for all items to.
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Sam Hall@samanthaHall35Oct 15
Day 15 Down Syndrome awareness Month. I am still celebrating Down syndrome awareness month, I am very proud who I am. #downsyndromeadvocate #downsyndromeawarness #downsyndrome #disabilityadvicate
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A packed @APPGDS AGM! Fair Shot CIC shared how they’re supporting people with #DownSyndrome into work, while the @NDSPolicyGroup Advisory Group raised concerns over delays to the #DownSyndromeAct2022 Guidance. Great discussions & importantly, hearing directly from people with DS.
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Four years ago, Cheshire families shared their views on the Down Syndrome Act. They did their bit. The guidance is STILL not published. 📮 Write to your MP and demand action. Get our Easy Read pack: ndspg.org/october-campaign/ #FourYearsStillWaiting
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Emmanuel J. Bishop, accomplished violinist & passionate advocate for people with Down syndrome has been awarded the 2026 @RubysRainboworg WildCat Guitars Scholarship! Emmanuel shows what talent and opportunity can achieve. 🔗 rubysrainbow.org/recipients/…
Ruby’s Rainbow | Emmanuel J. Bishop

Ruby’s Rainbow | Emmanuel J. Bishop

Emmanuel J. Bishop is entering his second year at the Community Music School of Webster University, continuing his lifelong dedication to violin as this year’s Ruby’s Rainbow WildCat Guitars Schola...

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Deeply moving account from Aaron John Huxter whose daughter Olivia-Grace died last year. Aaron says: “I’m sorry you never got to meet her” & “She was so incredible she deserves to be missed every day” Our hearts go out to all who knew & loved Olivia-Grace bit.ly/4hF5GO8
Rhondda father 'crumbled' when daughter died after fall at school

Rhondda father 'crumbled' when daughter died after fall at school

Olivia-Grace's father says his world crumbled when his daughter died after falling in school.

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Thank you Ben Ben, one of our Advisory Group members, met his Local Authority Social Worker team today to talk about the Down Syndrome Act and why the guidance matters. 📮 You can take action too get our Easy Read MP pack from our website. #FourYearsStillWaiting #ActIntoAction
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