Information
About Down's Syndrome
Benefits
- Blue Badge
- Carers Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance
- Family Fund
- For Families and Carers : Benefits & Finance
Education
- Information
- A comparison of mainstream and special education for teenagers with Down syndrome: Implications for parents and teachers
- Advisory Centre for Education
- Becoming school-ready
- Breaking the link between special educational needs and low attainment
- Down's Syndrome: Good Practice Guidelines for Education - All Party Parliametary Group on Down's Syndrome
- Helping children with Down’s syndrome to learn
- IPads for Communication Access Literacy and Learning
- Lamb Enquiry
- NSPCC Keeping Children Safe Online
- Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
- SEN Code of Practice
- Resources
Facebook Groups
- Down's Syndrome Association
- SMDSSG Facebook Chat
- The DSA Parent and Practitioner Group - Birth to 11
- The DSA Parent and Practitioner Group 12-25
Medical Information
- Down Syndrome Health Issues
- Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group (UK)
- Down's Heart Group
- Antenatal, Neonatal & Postnatal Care Guide for Practitioners 2015
- Personal Child Health Record (PCHR) Insert for babies and children with Down’s syndrome
- Top tips for triaging and treating kids who have Down's syndrome
National Organisations
- Cerebra
- Down Syndrome Association (UK)
- Down Syndrome Educational Trust (UK)
- Down Syndrome Research Foundation (UK)
- Down Syndrome Scotland
- The Down Syndrome Centre (Ireland)
- Afasic
- Contact A Family
- Mencap
New Parents
Online Discussion Forums
- Downsyn Forum
- Riverbend Down Syndrome Parent Support Group
- UK Down Syndrome Listserv
- Unomas 21 Online Community
Regional Organisations
- Bolton Smiley Faces (DS Support group)
- Independent Options
- Lancashire Down's Syndrome Group
- Trafford Council Disability Information Exchange
- Bradford Down Syndrome Training and Support Service
- Bury Down's Syndrome Support Group
- Cheshire Down's Syndrome Support Group
- DS West Pennine (Oldham)
- Down Syndrome Liverpool
- East Lancs Down's syndrome support group
- Ready Steady Down’s! (St Helens)
- Sundowns
- Tameside - T21
Signing
Speech & Language Resources and Information
- Speech Teach
- Communication 4 All
- DSA - For New Parents : Speech and Language
- DSA Communication Series
- DSA- For Families and Carers : Early Communication
- Evidence of the need for speech sound therapy in many adolescents with DS.
- For Families and Carers : Communication series
- Preschool SLT Handouts
- Speech and language therapy for children with Down syndrome
- Speechmark
- Symbol UK
- The Bercow Review
Sports & Activities
- Disability Sports in Manchester
- Down Syndrome International Swimming Organisation
- Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys
- Mencap Sports
- Trafford Wheelers - all abilities cycling club
- Wheels For All/Aiming High - Cycling for children with disabilities and their family, friends and carers
- Wythenshawe Wheelers - all abilities cycling club
- CADS - Inclusive sport, health and leisure activities.
- DSAcrive Health Swapp App
- DSActive Health Swapp App
- Greater Manchester Disability Sports Directory
- Special Olympics Great Britain
- Special Virtuosi, a music group which was set up to provide music provision to people with special needs
Supporting Social Development and Behaviour
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