In 1978, a visionary team of researchers at The University of Queensland initiated a remarkable research idea. They were curious about family life of babies born with Down syndrome in the greater Brisbane area at a time when babies were no longer being placed routinely in institutions for life. That idea grew to become a program of research spanning over 45 years, following the first generation of people with Down syndrome in modern times to be cared for by their families, educated at school and growing up to live in the adult community.
We are taking our research findings into the community in a variety of ways, through webinars, virtual conference contributions, and podcasts and through more traditional ways of publications. We hope you enjoy reading about this work in our program report.