Focus: Improved Education–Improved Lives Audience: Parents, whānau and professionals  I’m presenting in my capacity as a parent, not in a professional capacity. My daughter Charlotte is in Year 4 at our […]

Focus: Improved Advocacy-Improved Lives Audience: Parents, whānau and professionals  How do we transform lived experience into political influence? In her talk, Juliana Carvalho will share the story and strategy behind the Access […]

Focus: Improved Information-Improved Lives Audience: Parents, whānau and professionals  A brief look at what the IHC Library is and how it can support parents, caregivers and anyone with an interest in […]

Focus: Improved Communications-Improved Lives Audience: Parents, whānau and professionals  This presentation shares a pilot study of Babble Boot Camp, a caregiver-led programme that supports early speech and language development in infants […]

Focus: Improved Health-Improved Lives Audience: Parents, whānau and professionals  This talk will cover the unfair health outcomes faced by people with Down syndrome and intellectual disabilities, including findings from Down […]

Focus: Improved Aging-Improved Lives Audience: Parents, whānau and professionals  Navigating Ever-Changing Seas is a new model for understanding the experiences of ageing people with intellectual (learning) disabilities and the family/whānau […]

Focus: Improved Aging-Improved Lives Audience: Parents, whānau and professionals   People with Down syndrome are at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. This talk will discuss common symptoms of dementia, and how […]

Focus: Improved Wellbeing and Resilience–Improved Lives Audience: Parents, whānau and professionals   Dr Maree Kirk’s presentation situates the World Down Syndrome 2025 theme — Improved Support, Improved Lives — within the New Zealand […]

Focus: Improved Supported Decision-Making-Improved Lives Audience: All Having choice and control in your life starts with knowing what is important to you and then telling others. This session will walk […]