Our performance on 11th June at Blackburn Empire Theatre was a dream come true. Read the full article: Express yourself – in Jen’s own words ▸ https://lttr.ai/Atynt #livinglife #Downsyndrome #possibility

I’m loving my life, just being me. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Ake6L #learningdisability #inclusion #Thinkingdifferently

I really enjoyed meeting and dancing with people who we usually see online when they join DanceSyndrome dance sessions at the Encore weekend in April because they don’t live near Preston. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AtAdf #livinglife #Downsyndrome #possibility

My lead support Donna and I attended the ClubHub awards in Birmingham in May. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AtAdf #livinglife #Downsyndrome #possibility

DanceSyndrome ignites change in communities, pioneers professional development, and delivers transformational programmes that prove what becomes possible when everyone is seen as having something to offer. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AseJ1 #LearningDisability #BeCurious

Part one of a story about community, care, and an almost indescribable freedom Read the full article: The Making of Us: 45 Years Defined by Jen — A Down’s Syndrome Family Story ▸ https://lttr.ai/AsIMM #community #downssyndrome #Thinkingdifferently

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DanceSyndrome is creating role models where there were none before. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AkXGQ #WorldChangers #TransformingLives #Thinkingdifferently

I hope that others will see this as an opportunity to join our mission to live in an inclusive society where everybody feels that they belong and are nurtured and supported to follow their passions. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AkFOi #Thinkingdifferently

DanceSyndrome is a pioneering, multi-award-winning charity that enables people with learning disabilities to lead, develop and contribute as active citizens. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AtAdf #livinglife #Downsyndrome #possibility

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We really do create change together, so we invite you to join us on our continued crusade for social change – we would love to hear what you can do to support this intention. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AsikM #SocialChange #InclusionInAction #Thinkingdifferently

The petition to protect disabled children’s rights in England is the most popular petition on the parliamentary website. Will you help to get it to 100,000? We have just 90 days left. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

DanceSyndrome is a pioneering, multi-award-winning charity that enables people with learning disabilities to lead, develop and contribute as active citizens. Read the full article: Do You See Me? Learning Disability Awareness Week 2026 ▸ https://lttr.ai/AtI9C #LearningDisability #BeCurious

As Anna and I both reflected, when you watch someone like Jen dance, you are seeing the whole person — no protective layers, no agenda. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AtIun #LearningDisability #BeCurious #Thinkingdifferently

Whatever your experience of learning disability — whether you live it, work with it, or are simply curious — I hope you can take a moment to stop and ask: when did I last truly see someone? Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AtGxk #LearningDisability #BeCurious #Thinkingdifferently

In the early days it was pediatricians, geneticists, gynecologists, occupational therapists, health visitors, child development workers, who all ‘advised’. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AsijC #community #downssyndrome #Thinkingdifferently

Little did we know that becoming a carer overnight would define my career and my life, and ultimately lead to an almost indescribable freedom. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AsigQ #community #downssyndrome #Thinkingdifferently

An astute teacher once said ‘If Jen wants to learn this it’s my duty to find a way to teach it in a way that she can hear’ Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AsidT #artofthepossible #Thinkingdifferently

Explore our blog articles for more of our family Down's syndrome story, our hopes and our desire for every family to believe in the art of the possible: https://blackwells.biz/blog-page/ Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AsIMM #community #downssyndrome #Thinkingdifferently

Do you see people with learning disability? Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AfeZz #parenting #Thinkingdifferently

Co-led by a person with a learning disability, one parent who experienced Inclusion in Action training last year said, “I had no idea my daughter experienced life like that”. Read the full article: The power and impact of inclusion – Blackwells.biz ▸ https://lttr.ai/ArDPL

'We we led a session where Donna and I did a duet, I danced a solo and did some talking and Mummy and Daddy spoke about how we’ve done what we’ve done and what DanceSyndrome does.' Jen Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/As1uk #DownsSyndrome #Connection #thinkingdifferently

How can anyone know whether any person of 5 months old is the next bus driver, prime minister, mayor or Einstein? Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/ArssJ #LearningDisability #Thinkingdifferently

We often hear about people with learning disabilities being hidden in plain sight. Read the full article: Together against loneliness ▸ https://lttr.ai/ArssK #Loneliness #DownsSyndrome #Thinkingdifferently

In a space fuelled by ‘humanity rising’ and ‘love’ expertly curated by Dennis Pitocco, we shared the art of the possible in dance and words. Read the full article: Humanity rising – the power of love ▸ https://lttr.ai/ArssN #poweroflove #humanityrising #Thinkingdifferently

With DanceSyndrome grounded in the ethos of equity and inclusion it is particularly empowering for people from all walks of life in one space at the same time and able to understand so much more about every member of society. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Asqyq #IntellectualDisability

Being expected to live and care for a person you love who happens to have a learning disability is significantly hard work. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AsIMM #community #downssyndrome #Thinkingdifferently

Many people who live with learning disability as our norm, us included, feel forgotten, unseen and unheard and we seem to have to fight to change and challenge everything that doesn't make sense for our family Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/ArssG #inclusion #InclusionMatters #Thinkingdifferently

All too often talents remain hidden from view, innovative and creative minds are squandered, ignored, and dismissed. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Ai1l9 #inclusionmatters #Thinkingdifferently #EmbraceInclusion

"When you have the right support at the right time, it can take you further and further and further." Jen Blackwell co-founder of @dancesyndromeuk.bsky.social on what Learning Disability Awareness Week means to her. #LDW2026 #DoYouSeeMe

You are welcome to join the online dance sessions, or Everybody Dance sessions here: https://dancesyndrome.co.uk/book-a-session/ Read the full article: The power and impact of inclusion – Blackwells.biz ▸ https://lttr.ai/AsS2o #powerofinclusion #InclusiveActivity #thinkingdifferently