{"id":29,"date":"2020-03-03T10:35:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T23:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/testtas\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2022-04-24T19:17:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T09:17:39","slug":"supporting-people-with-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/services-and-supports\/supporting-people-with-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting people with Down syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Down\nSyndrome Tasmania is a proud member of the Federation of Down Syndrome\nAustralia States and Territories.&nbsp; The\nFederation provides up-to-date resources, information, research and knowledge\nacross all life stages.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>You can find a wide range of information and resources about Down syndrome on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/resources\/\">Resource Hub<\/a>, from birth through to adulthood and later in life.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in how to better support a person with Down syndrome in your school, place of work, community or sporting group we have a range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/resources\/life-stages\/\">information resources<\/a> to help. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/resources\/toolkits\/\">Community Inclusion Toolkits<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/resources\/toolkits\/\">Community Inclusion Toolkit<\/a> can be used to support the inclusion of people with Down syndrome in the community, whether it be in education, the work force, health settings, playing sport or out in the community. Being inclusive is about finding, offering and supporting opportunities for people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, to participate, to learn, to contribute, and to belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>These resources have been developed from talking with people with Down syndrome and their families about the best approach to support inclusion in the community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\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\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/resources\/life-stages\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/shutterstock_1199411911-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3369\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click here to view Life Stage resources.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/resources\/toolkits\/community-sporting-toolkit\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Adam-Rapanaro4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Peer Support\" class=\"wp-image-3681\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click here to view Community Inclusion toolkits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/resources\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/shutterstock_304397558-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Someone typing on a laptop\" class=\"wp-image-3358\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click here to view the Resources Hub<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Down Syndrome Tasmania is a proud member of the Federation of Down Syndrome Australia States and Territories.&nbsp; The Federation provides [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30,"parent":14,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"198,18182,15741,8008,8004,9885","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"state":[],"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/175"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}