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Ornella – 11 years old Living in a Covid-19 high-risk city meant that we’ve had to shield earlier than the rest of the country, since March 9th actually, quite a long time really. Logistics [...]

Aarti (26y) was born in Nairobi, Kenya and we moved to Dubai when she was about 6 years old. She had adapted really well to lockdown and social distancing although she can’t wait until things go [...]

Ingerlise Svaleng and Daniel Verguizas live in sunny Sydney with their two girls, Maia (4) and Lola (2). After seven weeks in self-isolation, the girls are now back in daycare/preschool with life [...]

Hi, I’m Francesca, mother of a 2-year-old girl called Mia, with Down Syndrome. In Italy, Covid–19 claimed many victims, and for 48 hours I was afraid that my daughter might be one of them. [...]

Too many people still feel uncomfortable around disability. But don’t feel bad, sometimes even people with a disability feel that way amongst other people with a disability different to theirs. [...]

The COVID-19 virus has meant that most of us have lost our daily routines, our support networks, and the activities which helped us to keep positive each day. Many people all around the world are [...]

Picture is of Charles with the one assignment that he was willing to do, thankfully, wearing a shirt. I have been keeping a journal of sorts outlining what we have been doing during this strange [...]

  Max aged 3 was born with an extra copy of his 21st Chromosome, a condition more commonly known as Down syndrome. He is now the youngest Dance leader at DanceSyndrome. Here’s how that [...]

With Kole I had a pretty healthy pregnancy, all scans where perfect, we found out we where having a boy at 20 weeks. We went for our 30 week scan and they were unsure about what was going on.  We [...]

As Lulu’s parents, we’ve always made sure throughout her life that she was kept very busy with loads of outdoor and physical activities, so lockdown certainly took some serious adjusting! [...]