As a society we so easily put people in boxes and then continue to communicate or interact with people assuming something that a particular label or box perceives.

Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AQ7br

#IntellectualDisability #Thinkingdifferently

Anyone else been told to stop work there's other more important things to do? 🤣 Have a fabulous weekend #listen #endoftheweek

Loved sharing this conversation with Sue & Jen Blackwell BEM FRSA & Jim Thomas Such wisdom & experience & ideas. Encourage you to take some time and #listen #thinkingdifferently

This was so much fun to be part of. So much we can all learn from each other, no matter what labels people give us #EndTheStereotypes #EverybodyMatters

Last chance to get in on the ground floor of this!

Please can you share so more people can feel that they matter and join the dance in person with DanceSyndromeUK We'd be so grateful. Thanks Andrew Dancer Sarah Gordy Ciara Lawrence hellomynameis Paul 💙RN MA OStJ Sally Phillips Jo Whiley Jim Blair think differently ACT creatively 🇪🇺 Jim Thomas

No matter how stormy it gets, the only calmness that never leaves you is the one that lies deep inside of you.
MARLENE NEUMANN
Excerpt from her book, EBB & FLOW
© Marlene Neumann
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#thevoiceofnature #books #ebbandflow

TOMORROW!

We're taking over #ManchesterPiccadilly Station from 10:30am - 1pm! If you're travelling, come & see DanceSyndrome in action, chat with our Dance Leaders with #LearningDisabilities & do some #dancing with #TeamDS !

#Lotsofsocks #WorldDownSyndromeDay #EndTheStereotypes

Loved spending time with these amazing women celebrating who they are #inspirationalwomen

We want to #EndTheStereotypes identified by our Dance Leaders with Down's syndrome & learning disabilities. Many are active volunteers with community organisations/charities, making a huge difference to their local areas! 🫶

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Just finished this beautiful book by Stephanie Butland It's touched the very core of me, but also connected on so many levels. Books have always been important to me 😊 Thank you Stephanie 🙏 #BooksWorthReading #booklovers

Today we're celebrating #WDSD24 with our daughter Jen. She's been an amazing teacher to me & is an inspirational role model to others with a learning disability. She continues to blow my socks off (yes odd ones today!) with what's possible blackwells.biz/ending-stereot…

Love that Jen feels free to be herself wherever she is. The labels others give her doesn't define who she is #EndTheStereotypes #WDSD2024

It's #InternationalDayOfHappiness

🕺👩‍🦼💃 We know that dancing makes people #happy but our recent research has also shown that our work has an impact on the #happiness of family & carers of our participants too!

We love these comments from our Dance Leader Parent/Carers! 💜💙

🎟️ Our wonderful Ambassador Giovanni Pernice has kindly donated 2 tickets to see his tour at Symphony Hall #Birmingham on 4th April (BSL performance) as a prize draw for our donors during our #ArtsForImpact campaign in #DownSyndromeAwarenessWeek

Details in thread

#LotsOfSocks

🏆 Our team had a fantastic night at @NPWAwards last night and we're thrilled to come away with a Commended Award in our category 'Inclusive Innovator' 🥳 What a great start to Down's Syndrome Awareness Week! 💜💙

#NPWAwards #WeArePoWEr   #EndTheStereotypes #LotsOfSocks #WDSD24

DanceSyndrome is our commended Inclusive Innovation!

DanceSyndrome is a groundbreaking organisation led by Jen Blackwell, established in 2009.

Headline sponsor: @ey_uki

Category sponsor: @connectedplacescatapult

#NPWAwards DanceSyndromeUK

Amazing to join #WeArePower DanceSyndromeUK team Sue & Jen Blackwell BEM FRSA at #NPWAwards

Celebrations have started Northern Power Women Awards with shortlisted Sue & Jen Blackwell BEM FRSA & DanceSyndromeUK Disruptor for Good & Inclusive Innovation. The dancing has already started on table 35 #NPWawards

Excited & delighted to be sharing such a celebration with you Sue & Jen Blackwell BEM FRSA DanceSyndromeUK Northern Power Women Awards #celebrate #thinkdifferently