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The Shifting Perspectives PodcastAuthor: The Down's Syndrome Association
Launched in Downs Syndrome Awareness Week 2019, the Shifting Perspectives Podcast is brought to you by the Downs Syndrome Association. In our podcast, we'll tell the stories of people who have Down's syndrome as well as of their families and carers, raising a smile, providing insights and challenging commonly held attitudes and prejudices. We are thrilled to be working with Richard Bailey, curator and mastermind behind the Shifting Perspectives photography project, as our host. Where Shifting Perspectives began When his daughter, Billie-Jo, was born at the start of the noughties he knew very little about Down's syndrome and when he looked for information in books, he found very factual information and very factual images. He explains in the introduction of the Shifting Perspectives book (published in 2012): "The images we found in those old textbooks had little bearing on our experienceWe found no images that showed daily life, no images of families having fun with their children, or of young adults going about their daily life and these were the images that we dearly wanted to see." Working with other parents of children with Down's syndrome, who also happened to be photographers, they created their first small exhibition of photographs in 2005 for Down's Syndrome Awareness Week. With support from the Down's Syndrome Association and GlaxoSmithKline, Richard and his fellow photographers were able to continue to exhibit their work in multiple locations around the UK and beyond. Language: en Genres: Government, Personal Journals, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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S4 Ep5: Luke Ensor
Episode 5
Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
Luke is 25 and a huge Manchester United fan. He is in paid employment, goes to college, and loves watching the soaps on TV. Last year, he fell head over heels in love with his girlfriend Emily, and tells Richard about his hopes for wedding bells in the future.
