Our self-advocates are conquering the world – one step at a time
Prutha recently interacted with the Collector of Indore, Dr. Illayaraja T., and the Additional Collector Dr. Abhay Bedekar during her internship at the Collectorate of Indore district. ✨ It’s my pleasure to share that Prutha was the spokesperson for ANHAD-23, an initiative by the Collectorate…
This World Down Syndrome Day, Unnathi is raising the bar!
Unnathi Suranaa was awarded the IB MYP Innovator 2022 award by the International Baccalaureate for her podcast and project One World. Today, she was invited by her school Fountainhead School to guide her juniors.The current 9th graders will now be working on their projects. Unnathi,…
SAHIL – An Achiever
Sahil, diagnosed with Downs resulted in the family experiencing a spectrum of emotions that were primarily based on the contemporary societal belief of Intelligence superseding Virtues or Being-Smart than Being-Human. Over the years, he proved his talent in swimming by winning medals at International aquatic…
Rourkela – DSFI breaks the Odisha barrier
A Free Awareness cum Medical camp for persons with Down syndrome was organized by DSFI in collaboration with Home and hope on 25th & 26th February, at Rourkela. The event was Sponsored by Rourkela Steel Plant, SAIL. The camp saw almost 50 parents from all…
Down Syndrome National Games
Have you registered for the 1st Down Syndrome National Games at Hyderabad, Telengana yet? Do so right away. Please note: Only 1 Parent Per Self-advocate will be allowed for the games. * Please make the *Registration payment of Rs.300/- per participant, Gpay to Ms. Rakhi…
Mumbai Camp Report
A camp for Vision and Dental check-up was organized at TESS – The Eye Super Specialties hospital at Ghatkopar, Mumbai on the 21st of January 2023. While the Vision Expert was from Mumbai, the dentist – Dr. Nidhi Gupta had come from Delhi. Mr. Vicky…
Purple Rain at Purple Fest
With all the good wishes & prayers from all of you Karishma rocked at the purple fest ! She inspired so many & I m sure she got inspired by many more wonderful people who were part of this mega event (attended by more than…
Christmas celebrations at Delhi
Down Syndrome Parents Society had its annual picnic on 25th December. In collaboration with DSPS school. The venue was the school pre primary play group. Where more than 250 families came together. It was a grand Christmas Celebration. The day was filled with fun frolic…
Govt waives off treatment & edu fees for disabled at nat’l institutes
In a step aimed at enhancing access to rehabilitation facilities for persons with disabilities (PwDs), the Central government has decided to waive the fees for registration, diagnostics and treatment at all nine national institutes and 21 associated composite regional centres (NRCs) across states from January…
A match made in Heaven
It was a moment to celebrate for the Down syndrome Family in India. The engagement of Ananya and Vignesh was one event that we looked forward to. And it took place on the 15th of December 2022 at Chennai. The bride and the groom looked…