New Born with Congenital Disease or Genetic Disorder Not To Be Excluded From Health Insurance
HERE IS HOPE FOR OUR FUTURE! IRDA has mandated that no insurance company can deny our children Health insurance on the basis of their Genetic Condition. which means, your insurance company CANNOT SAY NO for insurance for your child with down syndrome. The circular above…
PUSHING THE LIMITS
We as parents, as caregivers, as individuals interacting with persons with Down syndrome have typecast our children as capable of doing certain things and NOT CAPABLE of doing many more things. And the good part about this is that our Self-advocates keep proving us wrong…
Incredibly talented self-advocate, Anvi
We’re so proud of our incredibly talented self-advocate, Anvi! We’re sure the honourable prime minister was just as amazed by her skills as we are!
DSFI Celebrates Independence Day with our Self-advocates
Independence – something that has to be cherished. It was not won by one or two individuals, but by many bravehearts who not only gave their blood and sweat alone, but their lives too in order to ensure that we lead comfortable lives. DSFI would…
The Down Right Perfect Bake Sale
by Srinidhi Raghavan, Sanjay Raghavan and Yalini Kathamuthu These 3 young champs have decided to raise funds for the IIDSC 2022 by going in for a sale of items they are baking. We are overwhelmed at the love and affection these kids have shown for…
Our Brand ambassador Does it AGAIN
Our brand Ambassador Unnati has been awarded a grant to continue her Social Impact initiative – a podcast where she interviews people from the world of Down syndrome. Happy to share that Unnathi has been awaded the IB MYP Innovator grant!!The grant is awarded to…
Riza Reji selected for ‘Be Beautiful, Be Yourself’ 2022 fashion show
Riza Reji, a young and energetic 23 year old beautiful individual with her smile, cheerfulness and affection, full of attitude, innocence, openness and straightforwardness. A very bold person with just enough shyness of a cute girl who loves socializing and enjoy fun time with her…
Announcing the certificate course on down syndrome
Hi Friends ! Above is the feedback of the course on Down syndrome **which we start on the 2nd July 2022☝️Glad to announce that we are starting the 4th Batch of “Certificate course on Down syndrome”& proud to share that *we have trained a 100…
Yaalzhini – She makes us Proud
When Yaalzhini was born, the family was happy. In two months of her birth, their world came crashing down. That was when they came to know that she was a person with Down syndrome. It was a shock for them. Yaalzhini’s father Mr. Velvendhan’s uncle’s…
Supporting Disability – Government of Tamilnadu initiatives.
The Government of Tamilnadu has been one of the more progressive ones when it came to disability. Whether it is getting the disability card or fighting for persons with disability, we have been luckier than other states. The Chief Minister has now asked officials to…