Educating Emmerdale

05/06/2021

05/06/2021

Post, Encourage, Share
The final day - Day 3...

Sharing from our friends at Downright Discrimination...

If you haven't already, post your hands in support for Equality on your profile...

Then encourage others to too...

And share share share...

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In the UK, the time limit to terminate a pregnancy is 24 weeks. Unless the baby has Down syndrome, then that limit shifts right up to birth.
Heidi and Aidan are bringing the government to court to try and change the law so that we are all treated equally. It will be heard in the Royal Courts of Justice on the 6th July.
Will you join us and ?
You can support us by posting a picture of your hands with the court case date -6th July- on your Facebook profile picture AND status/Insta and help us raise awareness of this important case hearing.
Then ask your friends and peers to share or post their own hands. Let's spread this far and wide and using the 'ripple effect' get this image EVERYWHERE.
Please help us to give the people we love the equality they deserve.



To find out more https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/downrightdiscrimination/

Thank you for standing with us 🙌🏼

04/06/2021

Morning all,
DAY 2... Of the awareness campaign (and the most fun day I think).
Join us in raising awareness by posting your hands in your profile picture and sharing the video below so that people can see what it is all about...
Let's fill social media with our hands and ask for equality for all our children and loved ones...


If you are reading this - It would be REALLY great if you could take 5 minutes to help by posting your hands... Thank you in advance. ###

01/06/2021

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/call-the-midwife-downs-syndrome-storyline-real-baby-robert/?fbclid=IwAR1pZG-9_OFG-KJAtx6ZdhHFAIrkQTHCaEPvQO7EohDSzm-XRU8uPX141QE

Nate's parents tell RadioTimes.com what it was like to take their baby on the set of Call the Midwife for the season 10 finale.

01/06/2021

01/06/2021

Dear Emmerdale, Call The Midwife – BBC - 30 May 2021 – Series 10, Episode 7...

This is how you do it

Oh Emmerdale, please watch and learn so you don't make the same ignorant mistakes again...

09/04/2021

Dear Emmerdale, How you go it so very wrong - by the very eloquent and wonderful Máire...

https://www.cl-initiatives.co.uk/how-emmerdale-got-it-so-very-wrong/?fbclid=IwAR1Mf7gBIohVn8Mz-_NzM9Mxn0xcV6a-S0K2T0iaXDG5uUymad4fAjrrDaY

I was 34 weeks pregnant when I learned that it was likely that my second child would have Down syndrome. had spent an hour lying on an uncomfortable bed, being scanned by two strangers who made it clear that the baby was not developing as expected and they were about to give us “bad news”. We de...

10/03/2021

23/01/2021

Dear Emmerdale,

In the Guardian this weekend, podcaster Elizabeth Callinan wonders what it would have been like to get a high-chance indication during pregnancy that baby has Down’s syndrome. She spoke to geneticist Dr Menezes who told her:

“I always am worried that . . . someone could . . . interact with someone with Down syndrome at work or in the community and go back to a health professional and say, ‘You didn’t tell me that that’s what my child could have achieved. You didn’t tell me that that’s what this could have been like for them.’”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jan/19/i-was-fearful-of-my-daughters-downs-syndrome-diagnosis-i-had-much-to-learn-and-more-to-unlearn?fbclid=IwAR2WpO2-zPtJgRKzf5KAUK97ff9-l-vQ1d1FT9tyoifidOTD_WCHeTP2_1M

As noninvasive prenatal screening becomes more common in Australia, Elizabeth Callinan wonders what it would have been like to get a high-chance result

13/01/2021

Dear Emmerdale, The storyline runs well into 2021 and so the campaign will continue to respond with how things could be done better, without causing discrimination and hurt to our community.

We are looking forward to getting back and enjoying our real lives now with our children, but we will see you throughout the year.

To our followers - Thank you for watching and supporting...

13/01/2021

To date the Dear Emmerdale Campaign have created 57 response videos to the soap’s poorly researched storyline where two characters chose not to continue their pregnancy when Down’s syndrome was discovered.

57 videos represent 57 opportunities to get it right, but sadly, they got it wrong and perpetuated outdated stereotypes around the condition.



Here’s a summary of the campaign so far:

13/01/2021

I am a model, I am an actress, I am a daugher, a sister, and a friend. I am happy, and I enjoy my life. My heart hurts that you have used Down Syndrome in your storyline.

A series of videos educating Emmerdale in what they could have said when exploring a diagnosis of Down Syndrome.

12/01/2021

"We are always here for our community and anyone that has any worries or questions is always able to get an answer or reassurance."

A series of videos educating Emmerdale in what they could have said when exploring a diagnosis of Down Syndrome.

12/01/2021

"Research has shown that an overwhelming majority of parents have a more positive outlook on life because of their child who has Down syndrome."

A series of videos educating Emmerdale in what they could have said when exploring a diagnosis of Down Syndrome.

11/01/2021

"Down syndrome is not to be frightened of. Studies have shown that many parents who have a child with Down syndrome react to this “change of plan” with resilience and go on to thrive! Correct research would have shown you that."

A series of videos educating Emmerdale in what they could have said when exploring a diagnosis of Down Syndrome.

11/01/2021

"We don't just ‘cope’ with our children in fact our families thrive because of our children."

A series of videos educating Emmerdale in what they could have said when exploring a diagnosis of Down Syndrome.

10/01/2021

Dear Emmerdale - when you say in your advertising, "The couple had some devastating discussions about whether they should go ahead and have their child, knowing their baby would not have the same life as it's siblings..." What you should have said was, we don't want all our children to be the same! That's what keeps life interesting. The lives people with Down syndrome lead are varied and fulfilling, correct research would have shown you that.