We’re excited to welcome our Expert Reference Group for our new project, Inclusion in Action: Building Skills and Changing Attitudes.
This group will help guide the project and provide advice on resource updates. Their experience and perspectives will help shape the work ahead.
Meet the group:
Violetta
Violetta is a Speech Pathologist with more than 13 years’ experience supporting children, young adults and their families. She works closely with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and in education settings.
Mads (they/them)
Mads is a Project Manager working across the disability and aged care sectors. They are passionate about accessibility and inclusion, with a strong interest in LGBTQIA+ communities and disability justice.
Casey
Casey works with community to help people feel included and make friends.
We’re looking forward to working together and learning from this group as the project gets underway!
Change happens when people speak up!
This year, DSA has continued to speak up for people with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities, and the people who support them.
Our advocacy has focused on health, education, employment, the NDIS, migration and prenatal supports.
To learn more about our recent advocacy and project work, read our 2024 - 25 Annual Report, Leading the Way in Inclusion: buff.ly/GOWNpo1
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The Australian Government is working to make disability safeguards better and stronger.
They want to hear from people with disability, families and carers.
You can have your say in a way that works for you. This could be a short written submission, a video or an online survey.
Submissions close 22 December.
Learn more: buff.ly/ucdejUd
Please share this with others in your community who may want to have their say.
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Missed our recent health webinars, or keen to watch them again?
Recordings from our latest sessions on Down Syndrome Regression Disorder (DSRD) and Sleep Apnoea are now available to watch online.
Both webinars share clear, practical information and talk through support options for families, carers and professionals.
Down Syndrome Regression Disorder (DSRD)
Webinar with Dr Cathy Franklin
Watch the webinar: buff.ly/I042gl0
Sleep Apnoea and Down syndrome
Webinar with Associate Professor Jasneek Chawla
Watch the webinar: buff.ly/b0TKd61
Please share these recordings with others in your community who may find them useful.
#downsyndromeaustralia #healthwebinars #downsyndromeregressiondisorder #sleepapnoea #DSRD #downsyndrome
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