Mum had to fight to give birth after tests showed her son had Down Syndrome
“If you could measure joy, it would be off the scale” People are flooding to social media in support of British mum Natalie who had to fight to give birth to her son after finding out he had Down Syndrome. Yesterday was World Down Syndrome Day and so mum Natalie O’Rourke joined Phillip Schofield and […]
3 years ago
Watch: Irish children mark World Down Syndrome day in the sweetest video
The cutest thing. Children across the globe are marking World Down Syndrome day today and here in Ireland, they’ve marked it in a very special way – with the sweetest video. With the message of “It’s a better place with us in it”, 30 Irish children and their families took part in a music video […]
3 years ago
Seven years on, this is what I would go back and tell myself the day my baby was born with Down Syndrome
Today marks World Down Syndrome Day. When their little boy was born with Down Syndrome, Anne Bente Berentsen Carroll and her husband Stephen were completely in shock. This was not part of the plan. This wasn’t what was meant to happen. “When I was pregnant with Jamie I actually had several scans during the pregnancy, […]
4 years ago
Down Syndrome: One mum’s birth story is one of the most raw and beautiful things you will ever read
Today is World Down Syndrome Day
6 years ago
‘#ICouldBe’ hashtag celebrates the potential of children with Down Syndrome
Social media is awash with posts celebrating this year’s World Down Syndrome Day. Hashtags ‘ShareTheJourney’, ‘ICouldBe’, and ‘LeaveNoOneBehind’ have dominated Twitter and Facebook today as people across the country raise awareness for Down Syndrome and challenge misconceptions about those who have it. Many people have also opted to wear odd socks to mark the extra […]
8 years ago
“Our daughter shouldn’t expect less from this country just because she was born with Down syndrome”
Dee McNamara and Jim Haide live in Blessington with their seven-year-old daughter Julianne, who has Down syndrome and has not been seen by a HSE Speech and Language Therapist in over 18 months. Today marks World Down Syndrome Day. Earlier this week, parents Jim Haide and Dee McNamara were pictured outside Leinster House with their seven-year-old daughter […]
10 years ago