We're the national voice for Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome society of Bangladesh is a platform for children born with Down Syndrome and their parents. The sole purpose of this platform is to inspire children born with Down Syndrome by enabling them to help change the world and assist them in special needs advocacy, education, employment and social inclusion. Down Syndrome is not a birth defect. It is , rather, a blessing. Children born with an extra chromosome have unique talents that are not acknowledged. The Down Syndrome Society of Bangladesh wishes to educated and create awareness about this condition and offer support for parents with children, relatives or friends who have Down Syndrome. Read More Early in 2010, a group of parents of children with Down Syndrome recognized that a great need existed in Bangladesh to support and educate families. Out of our understanding initially the Down Syndrome parents support Group was formed. In order to raise public with Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital, AMDA Bangladesh, Robi Axiata and other organizations to observe the world Down Syndrome Day on 21st March, 2018 for the first time in Bangladesh. This achievement coupled with enthusiasm generated among parents, professionals and community members enable the formal registration of the group as the Down Syndrome Society of Bangladesh under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 from Joint Stock Companies & Firms in Bangladesh. As a self-Funding, non-profit organization, we work closely and regularly with health and educational professionals and other voluntary welfare organization . The Society is affiliated to national and international bodies such as the Department of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka, the Down Syndrome International (DSI), UK, the Asia pacific Down Syndrome federation and regularly works in Collaboration with other Down Syndrome organizations worldwide.

What we do:
1. Awareness Raising
We have promoted several groups to raise awareness and they are playing very active role in the social to connect people. Those groups are as follows: • Parents Support Group

• Dance Group

• Self-advocate Group

• Siblings Group

• Down Syndrome Education

• The Down Syndrome Voice.

2. Healthcare Services
Continuous efforts have been given to include the private and government health service providers as health partner to promote low cost healthcare to the Down Syndrome people especially in the marginalized communities . In healthcare services we have been carrying out:
• Early Detection Read Less