Live Blog
This live blog is about celebrating the inspirational stories and achievements of individuals all over the world who have overcome their ‘different ability’, impairment, stunted growth or otherwise to prove misconceptions are wrong and equality and diversity is the way forward… please enjoy, share and comment thank you …
29 September Forest FM Interview Update
Chrissie at Forest FM interviews Erika Petrie to get the latest update on Shades of Different, the song 'Different', the new live blog and some important issues around Down Syndrome... Erika with Steve Saville who heads up Forest FM
Down Syndrome Awareness Month – October 2020
Kayla. a girl with Down Syndrome who has hopes and dreams just like us!
Pearl’s story by Rosa Iggulden (doting sister)
Pearl is incredibly feisty for a girl of nine years old, but you could say that comes with being the youngest in a family of six. For someone small for her age, she is strong as well, like super-human strong, she can lift nearly all of us on her back, be it for a...
More about Ellie Goldstein, teenage model with Down Syndrome
I wanted to write a bit more about this wonderful teenager, because her story defied the odds of what was predicted by the professionals at the hospital eighteen years ago. They even intimated that her mother should leave her at the hospital because she would never...
Two Italian parents who, unable to have children of their own have adopted two children with Down Syndrome
This is the story of Michela and Nicola, two Italian parents who following two unfortunate miscarriages and the news they could no longer have children of their own, decided to adopt two children with Down Syndrome. They started by adopting Marcello only after he had...
Initiatives set up abroad to give young adults with Down Syndrome opportunities to work and gain independence
In Rome, Italy a restaurant was set up called 'Locanda dei Girasoli' which means 'sunflower place' to help facilitate greater social integration for adults with Down Syndrome. It offers both good food and smiles to appease both the stomach and the heart to its...
Donate Now!
As of 31st March 2022, Shades of Different is now officially registered as a charity incorporated organisation (charity no: 1198481). We aim to raise funds to provide vital therapies and promote better inclusion for differently able children, initially in Dorset and hopefully spreading to other parts of the UK in the future. Please donate as little or as much as you can, knowing that this will really make a difference to these children who really deserve it and can help to make our world a better place.
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