The final blog of Down syndrome awareness month this year is written by Julia, mum to Lisa and Gran to Luke. “Funnily enough before Lisa was born I was pressurised into having an amnio by my doctor, however we refused because we thought that we would have the baby regardless (Lisa)… I was 44 so Read more about The future is yours for the taking[…]
Michael Beynon recently became the first Welsh person with Down syndrome to complete the London marathon, and in doing so raised over £3000 for Mencap. When he was a child his mother, Erika, was warned by doctors that due to a muscle condition Michael was likely to spend a lot of his life using a Read more about Q&A with Michael Beynon[…]
We recently had a chat with Kyle Reid, coach of amateur football team Glenvale FC (2004s) based in Paisley, Scotland. Kyle is a great friend of WCAT members Stacey Corrigan and her son, Daniel and the team have been huge supporters of WCAT since 2018, choosing us as their charity to sponsor. Thanks to Kyle Read more about Q&A with Kyle Reid, Glenvale FC (2004s)[…]
This week on the blog, we meet Katherine, 32 and Sam, 35 who live together in Milton Keynes. Sam works for XPO logistics packing orders and Katherine works as a salon assistant in a hairdressers and an office assistant at a charity. Sam and Katherine got married in May 2018, they tell us about their Read more about Q&A with Sam and Katherine[…]
Jamie McCallum Having a child with Down Syndrome has its challenges at times. I doubt that I’d be sticking my neck out too much by suggesting that all of us parents have wished the Down Syndrome away at one time or another. Then I imagine that I really and truly could do that. What if? Read more about Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Why We Wouldn’t Change A Thing[…]
This weeks blog was written for us by Brody’s mum, Hannah. Gorgeous Brody was born prematurely in May this year, Hannah tells us about her prenatal diagnosis and birth story. We found out Brody was 95% likely to have Down syndrome when we were 17 weeks pregnant through NIPT testing after a high result in Read more about My Boy Brody[…]
This weeks blog comes from Tania Newton, Jacob’s mum. She tells us about some of the challenges they have had with sensory processing issues and how they are overcoming them. Thanks to Tania for sharing with us, if you’d like to see more of Jacob’s Journey check out Tania and Jacob’s Instagram @jacobsjourney2017. Before becoming Read more about Jacob’s Journey: Sensory needs[…]
Hayley Balozi To my son on your first day of school. There are some important things I want to remind you of as you start this big journey. 1.You have as much right to be in school as anybody else. You have as much right to an education as any other child. You are different, Read more about First day of school[…]
This week marks back to school and nursery for many of our kids and as much as we may breathe a sigh of relief for a moment of quiet for us and return to some structure and routine for them, many of us will also have reservations about how they will cope with it all Read more about Back to Nursery[…]
This week we have a blog written by Sharon Crowley, who runs the T21 Hub website. Thanks to Sharon for sharing this with us. My blogging journey is all about educating people about Down Syndrome and I thought one effective way of doing this was to create a simple A-Z to parents from parents who Read more about The A-Z of Words that Parents Associate with a child with Down Syndrome[…]
