Current Affairs | Shades of Different

A new restaurant ’21 Grammi’ opened in Brescia, Italy in February, run exclusively by Down Syndrome Staff

by Erika Petrie | Aug 19, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good

This innovative new establishment inaugurated on 27th February, offers a wide range of options from breakfast to brunch to snacks and aperitif, bakery items, patisserie and delicatessen items to take away, as well as the familiar opportunity to have lunch or dinner...

Foxes Academy – the only training hotel in the UK for people with learning difficulties

by Erika Petrie | Aug 12, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good

Foxes Hotel is located in the seaside town of Minehead in Somerset, overlooking the Exmoor Hills. The Foxes Academy programme teaches young people with disabilities vital life skills such as independent living and travel, functional skills like Maths & ICT, as...

Gabi Angelini, an American girl with down syndrome who is setting up her own coffee shop

by Erika Petrie | Jul 26, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good

Gabi Angelini, a young girl now in her twenties who discovered how hard it was to be in permanent employment because of her disability, is now in the process of setting up her own coffee shop called ‘Gabi’s Grounds’. Through this venture which she...

Lauren Potter, actress with Down Syndrome in ‘Glee’

by Erika Petrie | Jul 23, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good

At only 19 years of age, Lauren Potter through her sheer determination has managed to be accepted onto the cast of the ‘Glee’ series in the States, where last year she took centre stage. She played the role of Becky Jackson, a cheerleader with Down...