by Fidelis | Mar 1, 2022 | News
Media Release #INCLUSIONMEANS…. March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), this global awareness day has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The date for WDSD, being the 21st day of the 3rd month, was chosen to signify the uniqueness of...
by Fidelis | Mar 1, 2022 | News
As we welcome March and the start of our celebration in honour of World Down Syndrome Month, we turn our focus to What Inclusion really means? During March, which is also Human Rights Month, DSSA will be taking a closer look at Inclusive Education. We will be...
by Fidelis | Feb 7, 2022 | News
Down Syndrome Intenational is searching for advocates and self-advocates from around the world to take part in its events for World Down Syndrome Day at the United Nations in New York and Geneva. Speakers will be asked to send a video presentation explaining in their...
by Fidelis | Jan 13, 2022 | News
The International Disability Alliance (IDA), the Government of Norway, and the Government of Ghana will host the second Global Disability Summit on 16 and 17 February 2022 (GDS22). The Summit will be mainly virtual. REGISTER TO ATTEND GDS22 The Summit will mobilize...
by Fidelis | Dec 14, 2021 | News
Through a lifetime of hard work, 13-year old Joshua Passmoor has become both an example and a teacher of what can be accomplished when desire is combined with determination. Joshua who has become a household name in Taekwondo, recently received the Martial Artist of...
by Fidelis | Nov 19, 2021 | News
Beauty without barriers. This is the theme for the first Miss Wheelchair South Africa pageant that will take place at the Artscape Theatre on Thursday 2 December. The pageant aims to change the perception, narrative and image of physically challenged women in South...
