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Wyn Evans of “Musings of a Proud Dad : beating Downs barriers” shares an article that was recently published in the Cardiff Times in Wales. He shares his love and joy of being a Dad and the importance of our mission. A Wednesday morning, 0930 hours, and The Girl is not yet

Today we have a guest blog by Alyssa Goodhue, from “Chosen to Bless” When we got the absolutely amazing opportunity to write a guest post on this site, we were overjoyed that we could share our passions with you lovely people, but we weren’t sure what to write about.

  A guest post by Jen Jacob, compiler of the book {Unexpected} and Vice-President of the Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network. I thought I knew my life’s path many years ago. Become a teacher. Get married. Have a family. Live a good life. Not anything too crazy. My childhood dreams of

  From our UK (Wales) representative, Diane Blackmore A Tory town mayor has been ordered to apologise after he called disabled people “mongols” during a Swindon Borough Council meeting. Nick Martin, Mayor of Swindon questioned whether disabled people should be allowed

Labour Leader David Cunliffe announced yesterday that former Alliance Party President Matt McCarten would be his new Chief of Staff. The Labour Party has a number of noble principles, including the entitlement of dignity for all people, and the protection of basic human rights regardl

 Rita Joseph with Mike and Rebecca Sullivan Rita Joseph gave the following presentation to the “Rise up together in the service of life conference”, in Auckland, New Zealand in September 2013.  It explores the issue of prenatal discrimination from the human rights and theo

      Saving Downs and the International Down Syndrome Coalition condemn the promotion of eugenics by Whanganui District Health Board member Michael Laws. Laws made a public statement on his Facebook page on the 8th December stating that eradicating Down syndrome would

Saving Downs is delighted to announce that Asperger’s Syndrome/Autistic Spectrum New Zealand and a number of allied organisations have resolved to publicly support and identify with all of our social justice actions. As autistic advocates, the groups oppose prenatal eugenics against t

       PRESS RELEASE: 8 November 2013  Saving Downs is one of three Down syndrome advocacy groups that have filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging them to address inequalities that discriminate against those prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome. The b

A few weeks ago “Australia’s Biggest Mum Community” Stay at Home Mum decided to run this on their social media sites:   As you can see, the graphic shows a Mum in an advanced stage of pregnancy with the word “Birth Defects” written across her tummy. The article goes o