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Down’s Syndrome, my family and me – one mum’s account of family life with an extra chromosome.
Does the Down’s Syndrome Advantage confer any benefits on other members of…
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Are children with Down's Syndrome really easier to raise than those with other…
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World Down’s Syndrome Day takes place every year on 21st March.
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In Part One of Blogging About Disability I talked about how language both reflects…
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As the parent of a child with Down’s Syndrome, I need to live forever, or at…
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It is widely recognised that blogs are now an important part of the online world.
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I write quite often, in my personal blog, about happiness.
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As the parent of a disabled child I have a heartfelt wish to see a world that is…
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I have no problem with any mother who breastfeeds her baby in public.
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Mothers, especially we ‘Special Needs’ mothers, are forever being told…
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The internet is a very valuable tool for parents like us, not just for research purposes…
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I recently set up a joint meeting with some of the professionals involved in Freddie’s…
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Negative assumptions are something I have come to expect. Nevertheless I am still…
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When my daughter was in Primary school, one of her classmates said: ‘You’re…
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The story I want to tell you is not about a random act of kindness, exactly.
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St. Valentine is not just the patron saint of love, and lovers, he is also the patron…
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Do you think that St. Valentine’s Day is just one of an increasing number of…
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'Rapidly approaching forty, Kerry thinks she has nothing new to look forward…
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Several times in recent months, while the debate about the introduction of Non-Invasive…
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There was no doubt The Kid was going to give me a headache ... and soon.
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It was just before Christmas last year that Freddie’s behaviour took a nosedive.…
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Many people hang festive foil-wrapped chocolate shapes off their Christmas tree,…
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It is a question which contains ascending levels of insidious judgement: ‘Did…
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I’m lucky, I do occasionally get a few minutes to myself; I usually spend it…
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OK I made that up: it’s basically a way of dressing up the fact that I couldn’t…
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When it was discovered, at thirteen weeks of pregnancy, that there was a one-in-twelve…
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As happens so often... I sat down today with the intention of writing about…
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I always hated Sports Day. I don’t remember much about it before High school,…
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It happens often – I am writing about one thing and it kick-starts me thinking…
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I’ve just read a piece somewhere about how very difficult it is when your toddler…
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