In November last year, the United Nations adopted a resolution to designate March 21 as World Down Syndrome Day.
Although this is the seventh annual WDSD, 2012 will be the first year that this occasion has been officially recognized by the United Nations. The video below was one of many produced to commemorate WDSD 2011, in the theme, "Let Us In".
The date, March 21, (21, 3) is selected to represent the 3 copies of chromosome 21 that is the unique characteristic of all people with Down syndrome
We are not currently aware of any activities planned for the Montreal or South Shore / Monteregie areas however will try to find out if there is anything and post it here.
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