I-DSAA, i-GiGi's Playhouse Atlanta, kanye ne-NDSC Isitatimende Sokulahla Senziwe ngu
UCongressman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
I-Down Syndrome Association yase-Atlanta, i-Gigi's Playhouse Atlanta, kanye ne-National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC) abavumelani kakhulu nesinqumo se-House Republicans sokuqoka u-Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) eKomidini LezeMfundo Nezabasebenzi ngenxa yomlando wakhe imibono yozungu mayelana nokudubula kwesikole kanye nokusetshenziswa kwegama elithi “ukuhlehlisa” njengetemu elihlazisayo. “I-Down syndrome kanye nemiphakathi ekhubazekile ikhathazekile ngokuthi amazwi kaRep. Greene azophazamisa umsebenzi wekomiti nokuthi amazwi akhe abonisa ngempela izinkolelo eziyisidala, ezilimazayo ezizoba nomthelela omubi kubafundi abakhubazekile ngokomqondo (I/DD) eminyakeni ezayo,” kusho uMqondisi oMkhulu we-Down Syndrome Association ye-Atlanta, uSheryl Arno.
Muva nje a ividiyo lokho u-Rep. Greene akuthumele ngaphambi kokuthatha izintambo sekuphinde kwavela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Kuvidiyo yakhe, uRep. Greene, lapho ekhuluma ngezinye izikhulu ezikhethiwe, uthi, “Isiphukuphuku esilula - Retards; Uxolo, ngiyazi ukuthi igama elicasulayo lelo. Angizami ukukhuluma kabi ngabantu abane-Down syndrome, kodwa yilokho laba bantu abayikho. Laba bantu bayiziphukuphuku futhi abanalwazi kangangokuthi abakwazi ukubeka into enengqondo endaweni.”
Izitatimende zika-Rep. Greene zilimaza kakhulu abantu abane-Down syndrome nokunye ukukhubazeka kwengqondo noma ukukhula ngoba maningi amathuba okuba babe izisulu zobuxhwanguxhwangu. Amazwi akhe akhuthaza isiko lokuphathwa kabi kwabantu abakhubazekile. Umqondisi Omkhulu we-NDSC uDavid Tolleson uthe, "Abesilisa, abesifazane, nezingane akumele basetshenziswe njengendlela yokubeka amaphuzu engxoxweni yezepolitiki." Uqhube wathi, “Bangabantu abafanelwe yinhlonipho nesithunzi. Amazwana ka-Rep. Greene athumela umyalezo kubafundi, abazali, nothisha ukuthi ukholelwa ukuthi abantu abakhubazekile abakwazi ukwenza izinqumo. Amazwi nezinkolelo zakhe ziyimpama kubantu abakhubazekile futhi asihambisani nokuqokwa kwakhe eKomidini Lezemfundo Nezabasebenzi.”
Mayelana ne-Down Syndrome Association yase-Atlanta
Yasungulwa iqembu elincane labazali ngo-1979, i-Down Syndrome Association yase-Atlanta (DSAA) yinhlangano engenzi nzuzo engu-501 (c)(3) yaseGeorgia ezinikele ekuhlinzekeni abantu abane-Down syndrome kanye nemindeni yabo ukuxhumana nomphakathi impilo yonke. Namuhla, i-DSAA isebenzela imindeni engu-800 ezifundeni ezingu-18 endaweni enkulu ye-Metro-Atlanta ngezinhlelo zayo, izinsiza, izinsiza, nemisebenzi yawo wonke amaqembu eminyaka. Yinhlangano enkulu yamavolontiya yalabo abathintwe yi-Down syndrome eGeorgia. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana ne-DSAA, sicela uvakashele www.dsaatl.org
Mayelana ne-Gigi's Playhouse Atlanta
I-GiGi's Playhouse Atlanta yinhlangano engenzi nzuzo ezinikezele ekuhlinzekeni ngezinhlelo zokwelapha zamahhala, izinsiza, nokusekelwa emindenini yabantu abane-T21/ Trisomy 21/Down syndrome. Izinhlelo e-GiGi's Playhouse Atlanta zibhekana nezidingo zokuthuthuka zezingane ezine-T21/Down syndrome, okuhlanganisa nezindawo zokuthuthuka kwe-gross motor, i-fine motor, ubuhlakani, umphakathi, nokuthuthukiswa kokuxhumana. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana ne-Gigi's Playhouse Atlanta, sicela uvakashele www.gigisplayhouse.org/atlanta
Mayelana ne-National Down Syndrome Congress
Yasungulwa ngo-1973, i-National Down Syndrome Congress iyinhlangano endala kunazo zonke ezweni yabantu abane-Down syndrome, imindeni yabo, kanye nochwepheshe abasebenza nabo. Inhlangano elwela inzuzo engu-501(c)(3) engenzi nzuzo, i-NDSC inikeza ukwesekwa nolwazi mayelana nezinkinga ezihlobene nesifo se-Down kuyo yonke impilo yakhe, kanye nasezindabeni zenqubomgomo yomphakathi ehlobene namalungelo okukhubazeka. I-National Down Syndrome Congress izibophezele ekwakheni isimo sezulu sikazwelonke lapho bonke abantu bezoqaphela futhi bamukele ukubaluleka nesithunzi sabantu abane-Down syndrome. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana ne-NDSC, sicela uvakashele ku-e www.ndsccenter.org
