{"id":2190,"date":"2026-06-24T16:16:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=2190"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:38:19","slug":"speaking-out","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/issue\/speaking-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speaking Out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>June&#8217;s issue is all about advocacy and speaking up. Throughout these pages, you\u2019ll meet people using their voices in all sorts of ways \u2013 through public speaking, creative expression, community leadership and everyday moments of self-advocacy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"featured-pages-block breakout\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n            <h2 class=\"state-landing-heading text-center mb-8\">Top Stories from June 2026 <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap justify-content-center\">\n                            <li class=\"featured-page-item col-6 col-xl-3 mb-8\">\n                    <a class=\"featured-page-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/2026\/06\/24\/speaking-at-big-events\/\">\n                        <picture>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured-page-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/DSAN_Library-78-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Speaking at big events\u00a0 thumbnail.\">\n                        <\/picture>\n                        <div class=\"featured-page-header\">\n                            <h3 class=\"featured-page-heading\">Speaking at big events\u00a0<\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"featured-page-item col-6 col-xl-3 mb-8\">\n                    <a class=\"featured-page-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/2026\/06\/24\/finding-the-courage-to-speak-up\/\">\n                        <picture>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured-page-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/DSA-images-18-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Finding the courage to speak up\u00a0 thumbnail.\">\n                        <\/picture>\n                        <div class=\"featured-page-header\">\n                            <h3 class=\"featured-page-heading\">Finding the courage to speak up\u00a0<\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"featured-page-item col-6 col-xl-3 mb-8\">\n                    <a class=\"featured-page-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/2026\/06\/24\/finding-new-ways-to-communicate\/\">\n                        <picture>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured-page-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/IMG_1704-400x400.jpeg\" alt=\"Finding new ways to communicate\u00a0 thumbnail.\">\n                        <\/picture>\n                        <div class=\"featured-page-header\">\n                            <h3 class=\"featured-page-heading\">Finding new ways to communicate\u00a0<\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"featured-page-item col-6 col-xl-3 mb-8\">\n                    <a class=\"featured-page-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/2026\/06\/24\/speaking-up-easy-read\/\">\n                        <picture>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured-page-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/DSA-images-22-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Speaking Up (Easy Read) thumbnail.\">\n                        <\/picture>\n                        <div class=\"featured-page-header\">\n                            <h3 class=\"featured-page-heading\">Speaking Up (Easy Read)<\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subscribe to Voice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice<em>&nbsp;<\/em>is the national magazine for Australia\u2019s Down syndrome community. We publish two issues per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can now subscribe to Voice and have it delivered to your door or inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read the upcoming issue of Voice, subscribe here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-maroon-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/support-voice\/subscribe\/\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to Voice<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our June 2026 issue is all about advocacy and speaking up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2191,"parent":0,"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":"1987,431,434,2049,795,550","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2190","issue","type-issue","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/2190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/issue"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}