DSi will be at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva to give people with Down syndrome an opportunity to speak up on the theme “We Decide” to members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, government officials, and civil society representatives. Read more
The theme for the 2020 conference is “We Decide” – ensuring full participation of people with Down syndrome through accessible information and communication, good support and inclusive consultation. Read more
This World Down Syndrome Day why not make a video to share with the world. Read more
Sir Robert joined us at the United Nations in Geneva 2019 for World Down Syndrome Day where he spoke about the rights of people with disabilities to work Read more
We support self-advocates and train national Down syndrome organisations to run self-advocacy groups.
We provide training to Down syndrome organisations around the world to improve their ability to support people with Down syndrome.
We are developing clinical consensus guidelines for people with Down syndrome of all ages in specific areas of medicine.
We are developing guidelines on education for people with Down syndrome of all ages to promote life-long learning.
We advocate for the rights of people with Down syndrome and disabilities through international advocacy channels.
We need your support so we can continue to work with national organisations who need our help. Donate or fundraise here.
We need your support so we can continue to work with national organisations who need our help. Donate or fundraise here. Read more
Help raise awareness using our WDSD 2020 resources pack Read more
Vanessa Dos Santos, President of Down Syndrome International, reflects upon our achievements in 2019 Read more
DSi return to Bangladesh to evaluate the project so far and to deliver training on potential advocacy activities Read more
DSi's Self-advocate Fellow, George Basil Okudi, supported Pearl of People with Down Syndrome Foundation to lobby Tanzanian government officials for increased government policy and programmatic support for people with Down syndrome Read more
We are now welcoming abstract submissions for the WDSC 2020 Read more