Category Archives: Downs syndrome
Death of a Nightingale – a Play not to be missed!
Another special school faces closure… Why does its head teacher attempt to take her own life? And what is the impact of this on those around her?
Death of a Nightingale is a provocative play within a book. It is like a matryoshka doll. It tells a human story with a challenging interplay of fact, fiction, satire and commentary . It brings to life dry-as-dust issues important in education and, maybe, even more important beyond it. Which is the wiser mantra in education – Equality or Equity? How far does declaring a “Right” provide the protection of “a Right”? Is this generation properly mindful of the legacy it is bequeathing?
“Compelling, controversial and confrontational” Len Parkin The Teacher
“A searing tale of a fight to save SEN school which drove head teacher to brink of suicide”
Kerra Maddern, Times Educational Supplement
http://www.deathofanightingale.com/
Why are people with Down’s Syndrome at high risk of Alzheimer’s
Study launched into Alzheimer’s link to Down’s
A £1 million study has been launched to investigate why people with Down’s syndrome are at high risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
The brain-imaging study is being carried out by Cambridge University researchers as the syndrome is one of the few disorders in which sufferers can expect the early onset of dementia to develop.
Well done to Bromley Mencap for caring about carers
Bromley Mencap gets national award for its Mutual Carers scheme
9:44am Sunday 11th December 2011 in News
BROMLEY Mencap has scooped a national award for a scheme which helps carers who also need to be cared for.
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