DSIEF director Las Madurasinghe was a guest on the Sakhiswe show on Bush Radio 89.5 FM : “the mother of community radio in Africa”.  

    DSIEF was the featured charity in the September 2016 issue of The South African Journal of Natural Medicine. The magazine can be downloaded from their website at http://naturalmedicine.co.za  

On of our graduate Diamonds, Arna Madurasinghe, now attends Grade 1 at Herzlia Constantia where she is under the care of many specialists in special needs education, including resident occupational therapist (OT) Gillian Blem. Gillian recently undertook a course in DIR Floortime, a concept developed by Stanley Greenspan and a cognitive development strategy whereby the therapist follows […]

The FT reports on a recent study where researchers have identified a key trouble spot in the hippocampus that disrupts neural networks. Down’s syndrome is the most common genetic form of intellectual disability, caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21, but neuroscientists are only just beginning to understand how this disrupts neural networks in the […]

Marilise Steenkamp joins as our new Paarl-based committee member of DSIEF, working towards establishing an Early Impact programme at Kinder Ark Pre-School in Paarl. Marilise is also our Afrikaans speaking First Contact representative. “Indien u verkies om met ‘n Afrikaanssprekende persoon te kontak, stuur jou epos aan marilise@down-syndrome.co.za” Marilise and husband De Bruyn have two boys – Jacques […]

Shéri Brynard, a 31 year old South African Self Advocate with Down Syndrome is an inspiration and a role model. Shéri will give the opening talk and 6 workshops will follow focusing on the needs of children with special needs. Talk and Seminars 9.00h – 12.30h 23 November 2013 Noah’s Ark Preprimary School, Olivia Rd, […]