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The assembly sets out some of the facts about Down’s syndrome. It includes the story of Dr Down, and mentions some famous people with Down’s. The theme throughout is that of attitudes to people with learning difficulties

Introduction for teachers

World Down’s Syndrome Day is 21 March.

Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week in UK is 15th to 21st March.

Many mainstream schools have children with Down’s. Please read the assembly carefully first with that in mind.

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You may like to show some images of people with Down's syndrome

Introduction
[Show the images if you like]

The 21st of March is World Down’s Syndrome Day.

The week before it is Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week.

People with Down’s syndrome are perfectly ordinary people in every way but one, and that is that deep inside the cells of their bodies, in the microscopic threads of life that we call DNA, there’s one