by Lynn Murray | Oct 7, 2016 | Event
Join people with Down’s syndrome, their families and the wider community on Tuesday evening for an important event in Parliament. We’ll be delivering our letter, signed by over 650 people with Down’s syndrome, and their families, to Jeremy Hunt at the Department of...
by Lynn Murray | Oct 6, 2016 | Press releases
2016 may go down as the year that people like our daughter Rosie become extinct. She is happy, healthy, and full of joy. Her emotional intelligence will likely be higher than most. Her IQ will likely be lower. For all this, she has every chance of leading a working,...
by Lynn Murray | Oct 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sally Phillips’ son Olly is just like any kid. He likes ice cream and Barcelona football club. He’s energetic, loves to laugh and can often be found mucking about with his mates. He was also born with Down’s syndrome. In a new documentary, Phillips, who is a...
by Lynn Murray | Oct 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
“If we deny someone the chance to be born because we’ve decided they won’t meet a predetermined measure of status or achievement, then we fail to grasp what it is to be human” “I’m going to do a blood test to see whether your son has Down...
by Lynn Murray | Oct 1, 2016 | Media
Sally Phillips and her husband, Andrew, didn’t find out that their first child, Olly, 12, had Down’s syndrome until he was 10 days old. Nobody noticed on the day he was born. “I had a caesarean because he was breech,” says Phillips. “I reacted badly to the anaesthetic...
