Families "angry" after some children with Down Syndrome excluded from summer education programmes

Parents of children with Down syndrome are “disappointed, angry and distressed” to see some cohorts of students not included in draft guidelines for summer programmes.
Families "angry" after some children with Down Syndrome excluded from summer education programmes

Parents of children with Down syndrome are “disappointed, angry and distressed” to see some cohorts of students not included in draft guidelines for summer programmes.

That is according to Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) which said that the initial announcement to include children with Down syndrome in summer programmes for the first time was widely welcomed by parents around the country.

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