Many parents have decided to use the current lockdown as an opportunity to start toilet training their children. Today, Rachel Shirazi shares her positive experience of toilet training her daughter Ana’el with us. Toilet training can feel like a daunting task! Fortunately there are some wonderful resources that can be accessed online to help you Read more about Our experience with…Toilet Training[…]
This week, we hear from Heidi Crowter, an advocate and campaigner for disability rights. She tells us about meeting the love of her life and how she’s coping in lockdown. Heidi is an experienced public speaker, having spoken at locations such as the World Down Syndrome Congress, the C of E Synod and outside parliament, to Read more about My Voice…Heidi’s Blog[…]
This week, Christina Logan shares her experience of adopting two children with Down Syndrome. I’ve been a foster carer for many years with a lot of children passing through my care. In early 2010 I was told of a young woman who was pregnant and was asked if I would mentor her; when the baby Read more about Our experience with…Adoption[…]
Happy Mother’s Day. This year, it will be different for many of us; spending today apart from our loved ones. For many of us our mums have been and continue to be a key source of support and as parents ourselves, we worry about how this time will affect both our parents and our children. Whilst Read more about Dear New Mum[…]
When she was born, there was a question mark over our daughter’s diagnosis. I spent the first 2 weeks of her life studying her, googling, trying to decide if she looked like she had Down Syndrome. I was worried it would be all I could see. I was worried that was all other people Read more about What Do You See?[…]