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Here are a few videos, blogs and websites that we think you might find interesting. If you're looking for more, join us on facebook or click the button below to check out our Latest News page.  VIDEOSDown Syndrome International: VideoDown Syndrome International has created the global video "Let Us In" in partnership with 45 countries for World Down Syndrome Day. Click here to view the video - it's well worth a look!
'Things looking up for Down syndrome' on Channel 10's 'The Project'Click on the link below to view the video from Channel 10's 'The Project' which went to air on Wednesday 23rd November: 'Things looking up for Down syndrome'
BLOGSAdult Down Syndrome Center of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.We strive to enhance the well being of adults with Down syndrome by using a multidisciplinary team approach to provide comprehensive, wholistic, community-based health care services. The ADSC is part of the mission of faith-based Advocate Medical Group (of Advocate Health Care) - adultdownsyndromeclinic.blogspot.com.au
Center for Disability Information & Referral BlogAn American blog with some interesting resources, this link directs to all their posts regarding Down Syndrome - cedir.blogspot.com
Smart Apps for KidsA Dad's quest to find the best educational apps for the iPhone and iPad - www.smartappsforkids.com
Noah's DadWe are doing something really unique. We’re telling the story of our son via one-minute, daily videos. We believe he has a story worth sharing, and we hope you’ll help us share his story; the story that all children regardless of a disability are so worth loving. The story that Down syndrome ok. - noahsdad.com
FACEBOOK PAGESFree iOS Apps for KidsiOS (iPad/iPod/iPhone) apps developed to benefit children especially those with special needs - www.facebook.com/Free.iOS.Apps4Kids
WEBSITESSpecial iApps is a non-profit social enterprise, dedicated to helping children learn. We develop apps for the Apple® iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®. All our apps are developed in close co-operation with education professionals, parents and children, and are designed to be suitable for typically developing children and those with learning difficulties or poor fine motor control. We work closely with other organisations that support children with disabilities, including Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, and hearing impairment.
Sometimes I think it’s as simple as this: my granddaughter Lucy was born on the wrong planet. There was a mix-up in paradise and she got on the wrong shuttle and ended up here on earth instead of in some galaxy a trillion miles away where everyone is like her...
Turn-taking is an important social skill to learn. Communication involves listening, waiting and taking turns. Two people having a conversation take turns to speak, gesture and make eye contact. If two people talk at once, communication breaks down. Many young children find it difficult to learn to wait, share and take turns. A child with a communication difficulty may find it particularly hard to accept the rules of turn-taking and sharing...
OTHER USEFUL SITESDisability WA - website of Disability Services Commission Down Syndrome Research Foundation DiVine - A community for and by people with a disability (based in Victoria, Australia) Disability Information and Resource Centre Macquarie University Special Education Centre Makaton Australia (Key Word Sign Australia at The University of Newscastle, Australia) Telethon Institute for Child Health Research World Down Syndrome Congress 2009 Emergency ID Australia - Wallet ID Card Links to other useful websites can be found on the relevant pages of this site. |
