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 […]
Care Matters and the New Zealand Down Syndrome Association (NZDSA) are excited to bring the Down syndrome community a care and wellbeing workshop! To mark the UN International Day of […]
8th November at 5pm NZDSA AGM Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82780897188?pwd=CUqgXvMdUecIHZUpE7yQbVXhfLOqSP.1 Meeting ID: 827 8089 7188 Passcode: 206417
This is a dinner for ADSA parents. Come along to connect with other families and meet friends - new and old. Share some delicious food, and plenty of laughs. Come […]
28th -30th November 2025 Youth Development Camp A camp for youth and adults with Down syndrome. It is an 18+ plus event If you are interested, please contact Linda [email protected]
6th December at 4pm - 5pm STRIVE Afternoon Tea Club A session run by people with Down syndrome for people with Down syndrome. All are welcome but focussed on +16 […]
STRIVE Afternoon Tea Club Join us for our first STRIVE Afternoon Tea Club of the year — a fun social session run by people with Down syndrome, for people with […]