JDS Monthly Bulletin "JDS News" January 2015

Table of Contents

• New year's greetings
  "Let our activities be the power to change the society little by little for the better" [Mr. Kunio Tamai, Chief Director of JDS]
• On the usage of expression "persons with Down Syndrome"
• STEP FORWARD TOGETHER 2015 "It is not a dream to us!"
  - a commemorative event in Tokyo
  - Stage performers
• Donation would be appreciated for WDSD related events
• 19th JDS National round-seminar in Tokyo
  Wishing for the better environment surrounding the persons with Down syndrome
• Cover story: Treasures given by my daughter Sonoko
  [Ms. Toshiki Miyamoto, Wakayama]
• Voices of the Self-advocates (No.10)
  "What I want to tell you: let's live cheerfully with smile"
  [Mr. Masahiro Matsuda, 28 years old, Okayama]
• Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities and development of a domestic legal framework - towards JDS Declaration
  Vol.2: Basic Law on Persons with Disabilities
• Reporting: Day 2 of the training seminar for JDS consultation staff (vol.4)
  "Children with Down syndrome at school, Roles of the teachers"
  [Mr. Koichi Sato, a school teacher at Miyagi Koumei Special Education School]
• National Forum for Japan Patients Association ends in success
• JDS booth at the Japan Society of Human Genetics
• [Book Review]
  
  • revised edition of a mini book on Down syndrome:
    "For the new parents of a child with down syndrome"
  • What the society expects from the people with disabilities: considering issues around the intellectual skills from the practical lifelong learning
  • Rehabilitation guidebook for persons with Down syndrome (an illustrative book)
• Infant Development Consultation No.231
  Introducing the consultation staff
• Message from the Directors: November
• Notes from the Office: 11/1 to 11/30
• Information Bulletin