The best way to raise awareness about Down syndrome is for people with Down syndrome, their families and supporters, to share their stories in their own words.

These stories paint the truest picture of what life is like for people with Down syndrome.

So, we have chosen a new hashtag to enable our advocates to share their stories with the world on social media.

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#WorldDownSyndromeAdvocate

You can share your story by using #WorldDownSyndromeAdvocate in your post.

It's very easy:

1. Login to your favourite social media platform, e.g. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn;
2. Create a new post;
3. Write your message;
4. Add the hashtag #WorldDownSyndromeAdvocate;
5. Add a photo;
6. Then post or tweet.

Soon you will be able to read stories shared by other advocates by searching for #WorldDownSyndromeAdvocate on your favourite social media channel.

We are very excited to read your stories!

We will share our favourite stories on our social media channels.

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Become a World Down Syndrome Advocate

We need your help to spread the word and create a single global voice advocating for the rights, inclusion and well-being of people with Down syndrome.

SIGN UP - ADVOCATE

	Messages. We will send you campaign messages which you can in turn tell people about, share or post about.
	Resources. We will share resources and training with you, supporting you to campaign and make a difference.
	Activities. Sometimes we will ask you to take part in coordinated online activities when we are trying to get the word out.
	Hearing from you. We want to hear about your advocacy messages and activities and we will share the best ones with the group.

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Inform our work

We need your help to learn what life is like for people with Down syndrome and disabilities where you are. We can use your answers to guide the work that we are doing. 

SIGN-UP - INFORM US

	Surveys. We will send you surveys and questionnaires to learn about life for people with Down syndrome where you are.
	Reports. We will let you know what we learned from our surveys and how we will use your feedback to guide our work.