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All across Australia, your local Down syndrome organisations have fully trained Family Support staff who are there for our members and the community. The state and territory organisations offer support to families covering all stages of life but here we take a look at the resources available to new parents and families with a child under 18.
“When a new baby with Down syndrome is born, I can visit the family either in hospital or at home depending on what the parents would like. I have visited a family on the day their child was born in hospital, as they really wanted to talk and have the New Parent Pack that day.”

State and territory organisations
Down Syndrome Northern Territory
(08) 8985 6222
Down Syndrome Association of Queensland
(07) 3356 6655
Down Syndrome New South Wales
(02) 9841 4444
Down Syndrome Victoria
(03) 9486 9600 or 1300 658 873
ACT Down Syndrome Association
(02) 6290 0656
Down Syndrome Tasmania
1300 592 050
Down Syndrome South Australia
(08) 8245 4600
Down Syndrome Western Australia
(08) 9368 4002 or 1800 623 544
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