World Down Syndrome Day - March 21, 2024
Stereotypes are harmful! People with Down syndrome are often stereotyped, treated like children, underestimated and excluded. Sometimes they are treated very badly or even abused.
 
World Down Syndrome Day is aimed at bringing awareness to this issue and to stop the stereotyping! People are all different. Each person with Down syndrome is different. Each person with an intellectual disability is different. They don’t all act the same way or like the same things. Everyone has their own individual identity, interests, likes and dislikes, gifts and talents, just like everyone else. Having Down syndrome or an intellectual disability is just one part of who someone is! We are people. Treat everyone with dignity.
 
Designed and created by friends in our Adult Day Program, our shirts raise awareness to bring an end to stereotyping and push for a more inclusive tomorrow! 
 
DiffabilitiesYEG Day Program Participants are proud to support our friends with Down syndrome!