Last night (27.07.10), we held the first of our New Parent Events in the Shelbourne Hotel, D2. The objective was to provide an opportunity for new parents to meet with Angela O'Riordan, our Down Syndrome Liaison Nurse in person.

With most parents being discharged from hospital after only a couple of days, they are usually at home ...

In the news this week is University of Limerick student, Jonathon O'Toole, for his design of an innovative treadmill - the ' Siul Skool' - to help encourage children with disabilities walk earlier.

Children are lowered on to the slow-running treadmill and held as a moving vertical screen with colourful footsteps in front of them encourages them to copy the moves.

The ...

Over the past nine months, our Down Syndrome Liaison nurse, Angela O'Riordan, has been providing her unique support and reassurance to those parents whose children have been born with Down syndrome in Dublin maternity hospitals. 

Through the referral system which has been set up, all parents who wish to be contacted have been contacted by Angela, however in many ...

In light of a few emails we've received recently concerning adults with Down syndrome and challenging behaviour, we thought this guide might provide some useful tips. Obviously as it is produced in the UK and is aimed at all people with intellectual disability and not solely those with Ds, not all the information will be applicable - but there may ...