Enjoy the forest virtually too
This is the forest day theme at the Down syndrome federation of India center at Chennai. Self advocates are being taught about forests in a practical manner.
Babli with family and friends
We need to understand the importance of family, extended families and friends in the lives of our self advocates. They are the support that will keep our self advocates happy and content. As we all know persons with Down Syndrome only know the language of…
A feat that is something to be proud of
A feat that is something to be proud of.18yo Doon boy with Down Syndrome lifts bronze in powerlifting competition in Iceland Prithvi Sengupta, an 18-year-old youth from Dehradun with Down Syndrome, has won the bronze medal at the World Open Equipped Powerlifting Championship, showcasing extraordinary…
Siblings- our biggest inclusion advocates
Siblings are a blessing. And Ira, siblings of Dhriti proves why we need siblings to be on our side.
Abdul Lateef’s Kick Boxing Journey
My son Abdul Lateef, diagnosed with Down Syndrome, is turning nine this March. He started his karate and kick boxing journey somewhere last April’23. And after just 10 months of training, he got a chance to perform, along with his five other autism friends at…
One-Extra
In a world often confined by conventional notions of success, Sohursh Shankar, a spirited individual with Down syndrome, defied expectations by completing the 10th grade at the age of 16. A seemingly normal life event for most is a joyous and almost exceptional one for…
Kicking off a new journey
The official football team of Bangalore, Bengaluru FC, who play at the Indian Super League (the main football tournament in the country), called us up to ask for Jijo. They wanted him to shoot the reaction of the audience in his style while attending one…
Making a splash with her photographs
Conducted by the Youth 4Jobs organization… partnership with American Consulate, Hyderabad, and National State Gallery, Hyderabad This contest became part of the very prestigious Indian Photo Festival which for the first time lent its name to disabled photographers Ms. Gayatri Gupta won the 3rd position…
Deepu’s performance at Potti SriRamulu Telugu University in an award function may 2023 (Mother’s day)
Hi every oneIam Mrs.K. Subbalakshmi a retired teacher from The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur, and thisMy second son Nagadeep 42 years old. He goes to Andhra Mahila Sabha, Durgabai Deshmukh vocational training centre. We identified that Deepu, is a downsyndrome child,when he was one month…
Proud to be an independent self-advocate
Hi everyone, This is my second son Preetham, 30 yrs old, Attended special schools from the beginning. He did a multimedia course from Aimsmedia, Delhi. He is working from 2019.Trained from GROW, working with Amazon from April 2023.He is an independent guy, travels alone, does…