FORUM: "Achieving Health Equity for People with Disabilities." World Down Syndrome Day 2024. Health equity means that everyone has a fair opportunity to be as healthy as possible, without being disadvantaged in achieving it. This means there are no unfair, avoidable, or changeable differences in the health outcomes of groups of people. A stereotype is a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like. Stereotypes can be positive, negative or neutral, but they are often inaccurate, or simply wrong!; Stereotypes are often based on limited information or personal experience. They can be reinforced by the way something is represented in the media or by cultural messages. Once formed, a stereotype can be difficult to change. For people with Down syndrome and intellectual disabilities, stereotypes can stop them from being treated like other people. They get treated like children, they are underestimated and excluded. Sometimes they are treated very badly or even abused. For World Down Syndrome Day 2024, we call for people around the world to end the stereotypes. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #WithUsNotForUs and #WorldDownSyndromeDay.
EVENTS: From March 21st -22nd to mark the World Down Syndrome Day 2024, the Down Syndrome International network will host the 13th World Down Syndrome Day Conference (WDSDC) at the United Nations headquarters in New York to launch a new project calling for Health Equity for People with Disabilities. Self-advocates, supporters, government and UN officials and NGO representatives will share knowledge, experience, and good practice.
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