21st March is World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), the day that the Down syndrome community creates a single global voice advocating for the rights, inclusion and well being of people with Down syndrome.
Children with Downβs syndrome may develop more slowly than their peers, but they have a specific learning profile. Understanding the factors that help facilitate learning will help staff to plan lessons and activities that will be more
meaningful.
- Around one in every 1000 babies born in the UK will have Downβs syndrome.
- Downβs syndrome is not a disease. People with Downβs syndrome are not ill and do not βsufferβ from the condition.
- People with the syndrome will have a learning disability. The learning disability affects a personβs ability to learn, it does not mean they cannot learn.
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