{"id":553,"date":"2023-05-23T13:54:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T03:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/national\/?page_id=553"},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T01:28:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/national\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Down Syndrome Australia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\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<p>We want to make sure people understand the experiences of people with Down syndrome and their families. All our work is informed by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/development\/desa\/disabilities\/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities<\/a>.&nbsp;We work together with state and territory organisations to achieve our vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m6uuAxqdTxA?si=XFYLCDXIaryfDeLz\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; 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     <h2 class=\"state-landing-heading text-center mb-8\">About us<\/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\/national\/about-us\/our-board\/\">\n                                                <picture>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured-page-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/DSA-board-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Our Board thumbnail.\">\n                        <\/picture>\n                                                <div class=\"featured-page-header\">\n                            <h3 class=\"featured-page-heading\">Our Board<\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            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      <h3 class=\"featured-page-heading\">Annual Reports<\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our memberships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" 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>We are proud to be members of these associations:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/06\/Member-LOCKUP.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3415\" 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