World Down Syndrome Day

Join us on 21 March every year to create a single global voice for advocating for the rights, inclusion and well being of people with Down syndrome.
21 March 2021 will mark the 16th anniversary of World Down Syndrome Day and for the tenth year in 2021 this day will be officially observed by the United Nations.

Each year the voice of people with Down syndrome, and those who live and work with them, grows louder. But there is still so much more we can do.

Down Syndrome International encourages our friends all over the World to choose your own activities and events to help raise awareness of what Down syndrome is, what it means to have Do...

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