All campaigners must respect people with Down syndrome

People with Down syndrome should not be used as an emotive and overly simplistic focus for argument in this referendum, writes Pat Clarke, president of the European Down Syndrome Association.

People with Down syndrome should not be used as an emotive and overly simplistic focus for argument in this referendum, writes Pat Clarke.

In January of this year, Down Syndrome Ireland issued a statement respectfully asking both sides in the forthcoming referendum campaign to stop exploiting children and adults with Down Syndrome in order to promote their views.