Our Mission & Vision

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Mission

Down Syndrome Queensland’s mission is to provide practical and emotional support to people with Down syndrome and their families, now and for their future.  We are the experts on all things Down syndrome.  We aim to support, advocate and empower people with Down syndrome to take their rightful places as valuable and contributing members of their communities.  We provide expert advice and quality services to empower individuals with Down syndrome to fulfill their potential, now and into the future. 

Vision Statements

Education
We provide expert support to educators to enable students living with Down syndrome to maximise their learning outcomes now and in the future.

Support Services
We provide expert advice and support, with quality services to ensure people with Down syndrome fulfil their potential now and in their future.

Fundraising & Events
We are experts in running events and fundraising activities to ensure Down Syndrome Queensland have the resources to support, advocate and empower people living with Down syndrome now and in the future.

Programs
We offer an excellent range of educational and social programs to develop skills, build capacity and empower people living with Down syndrome now and in the future.

NDIS
We provide expert guidance around NDIS plan and processes. Our NDIS support will allow you to feel confident understanding and navigating the NDIS now and in the future.

                                                                                                      

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Our Values

Our values express what we stand for and guide the way we do things.  Our values are core to our business, and we align everything we do with them.  Here at DSQ, we have three core values.

Integrity

We remain true to our Mission and are honest, open, ethical, and fair. We take accountability for our actions and our actions match our words.

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Passion

What we do, we do well.   We act with courage to create a better future.

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Inclusion

We know it takes people with different ideas, strengths, interests, and backgrounds to succeed.  We collaborate to leverage collective knowledge.

As a values-based organisation we know that we will not achieve our strategy unless we get our values right.  Putting these values into action will help us to build community awareness and to support, advocate for and empower people with Down syndrome.