A pathbreaking wedding
Special Monsoon Wedding – something that kindles hope in all of us. Here is wishing the couple a wonderful life ahead! With two charming ceremonies – Tamil and Maharashtrian-style – Vignesh Krishnaswamy and Ananya Sawant married in Pune on Wednesday. The monsoon wedding was a…
Down syndrome does not define a person attitude does
Unnathi was invited by the Dhirubhai Ambani International School to present at the IB Festival of Hope. Among the guests were the former Education Minister of Finland and the Director General of the IB.56 schools from across West and South India had participated and 13…
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,…
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…
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…
Another Self-advocate making us proud. Congrats Karishma!
So happy to share that karishma has been invited by the Goa Govt to be part of ‘ Purple Fest Goa’ an event celebrating diversity on 6th, 7th & 8th Jan ’23 in Goa. Expected close to 5000 foot falls from all over the globe…
Transformative Creative Act
In this video, you will witness a first-of-its-kind performance involving the entire community of different stakeholders, including individuals with disabilities, their parents and caregivers, professionals, special teachers and therapists. This performance was created very scientifically yet artistically keeping in mind the multifaceted talents of the…
Aishwarya won the star icon title of WWAD
Aishwarya participated in the WWAD(walk with a difference) fashion show for season 3 held in kolkata. She got selected in the top 30 from almost 1000 kids for audition. She went through two rounds of audition to make it to the top 30 for grand…
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!