{"id":1224,"date":"2024-10-15T13:13:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T02:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/national\/about-us\/our-federation-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:47:48","slug":"our-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/national\/about-us\/our-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our work at Down Syndrome Australia<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3eeff7d9\">\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><blockquote><p>Down Syndrome Australia is the national peak organisation for people living with Down syndrome and their families.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>People with Down syndrome are at the centre of all the work that we do.&nbsp;We work to create change in social and public policy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Our collective purpose is leading change through the power of people with Down syndrome and the community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"featured-pages-block breakout\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n            <h2 class=\"state-landing-heading text-center mb-8\">Leading Change: About our Programs<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap justify-content-center\">\n                            <li class=\"featured-page-item col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-3 mb-8\">\n                    <a class=\"featured-page-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/advocacy\/health-ambassadors\/\">\n                 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                  <h3 class=\"featured-page-heading\">National Centre of Excellence<\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"featured-page-item col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-3 mb-8\">\n                    <a class=\"featured-page-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/national\/about-us\/our-work\/digital-champions\/\">\n                                                <picture>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured-page-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/10\/shutterstock_2264707259-1-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Champions thumbnail.\">\n                        <\/picture>\n                                                <div class=\"featured-page-header\">\n                            <h3 class=\"featured-page-heading\">Digital Champions<\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    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