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PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A much-needed campaign aims to swap the usual lens of abilities with one of love to convey the wide angle of Down syndrome. #ItsNotAllAboutAbilities [...]

A Pioneer who Paved the Way for Inclusivity When Emily Perl Kingsley’s son, Jason, was born, she made a promise to help him live life to the fullest. Along the way, she changed how the world [...]

A much needed campaign aims to swap the usual lens of abilities with one of love to convey the wide angle of Down syndrome. Making Chromosomes Count (MCC) are delighted to collaborate with The [...]

When we first started on our journey with our daughter Jossie, who has Down syndrome, we would never have dreamed that we would be such frequent travellers. We envisaged that it would be too [...]

Woman with Down syndrome’s landmark case against UK Govt over “discriminatory” abortion law to be heard by High Court on 6th July 2021. Heidi Crowter, a 25-year-old woman from [...]

Medical professionals, we do love you, but please don’t be blinkered by Down syndrome when assessing our children! I’m not saying you shouldn’t take it into account, of course not, but see it [...]

    I first experienced the phenomena of diagnostic overshadowing when I sat in Accident & Emergency with my younger brother David while he winced in pain. He had an abdominal [...]

You’re nineteen. You’ve invested £3000 as well as eighteen months of the past three years into studying what you love the most: Sound Design for Games. You’re all set! You’re nineteen. [...]

Dear readers, Here we are, second edition in already, glowing with the warm welcome and wonderful feedback we have received following the first edition in January. Dedicated as always to living [...]

Layla, Carlyn, Rose and Lucy… These are the names of Lorraine and Derek Cridge’s four daughters. The couple adopted all four young women, each at the age of five or six months old. The Cridges [...]