Our letter signed by 900 people with Down's syndrome and their families is delivered to the office of Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt. [vc_video link='https://youtu.be/0Ld0Qy8ZHo0']...
People with Down’s syndrome and their families deliver petition signed by over 900 people with Down’s syndrome and their families opposing “discriminatory” prenatal screening proposal to Jeremy Hunt asking him to not ‘screen them out’ Individuals with Down’s syndrome and their families delivered a letter to...
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 Health. We hope...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
Here's a new story involving disabled people, taxpayers' money, apparent scientific deception, a biotechnology company looking for profits, and the NHS. The NHS is close to introducing a new test for pregnant women that will make it much easier to detect and search out any babies...
Don't Screen Us Out spokesperson Lynn Murray points out the difference between the actual lived reality of a life for a person with Down's syndrome and their family versus outdated, condescending and downright discriminatory view that is presented by some others - as is so...
Channel 5 Wright Stuff host Mathew Wright delves into the ethics around rolling-out new pre-natal screening on the NHS. [vc_video link='https://youtu.be/Bpln4mQ0XAg']...