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Health & Wellbeing Conference

Join us for our conference supporting the health and wellbeing of adults with Down syndrome.

This one-day conference for professionals, caregivers and families will focus on raising awareness of health issues in adults with Down syndrome, and the latest developments in research. There will also be an overview of Down Syndrome Ireland programmes and projects. With speakers from the Down Syndrome Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, National ID Memory Clinic, the University of Limerick, Belfast Health and Social Trust, and the HSE.

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Topics will include: 
  • Age-related vision changes 
  • Regression 
  • Maintaining brain health 
  • Weight management 
  • Sleep/sleep apnoea  
  • Swallowing disorders 
  • Dental care  
  • Bone health 
Speakers:
  • Professor Mary McCarron – Professor of Ageing and Intellectual Disability and Director of the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability
  • Dr Antoinette O’Connor – Blood Biomarkers
  • Dr Eimear Mc Glinchey – Brain Health & Resilience
  • Pavithra Pavithra – Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
  • Professor Sarah Doyle – Vision & Age Related Changes
  • Dr Brian McCrossan – Belfast Heath and Social trust
  • Professor Owen Doody – Preventing & Managing Obesity
  • Rebecca Fitzgerald – Sleep & Sleep Apnoea
  • Caroline Nolan, Senior SLT – Dysphagia (swallowing disorders)
  • Dr Katrina Byrne – Dental Care
  • Anne Power, Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Adjunct Assistant Professor – Bone Health

We fully support the right of people with Down syndrome to understand and advocate for their own health and wellbeing whenever possible. To facilitate this, topic-specific webinars and easy read materials for adults with Down syndrome will be co-developed and delivered before and after the in-person conference. The first webinar for adults with Down syndrome, ‘An Overview of Down Syndrome Ireland’s Adult Programmes’, is on 4 November 2026 and will focus on Down Syndrome Ireland’s adult programmes. Click here to register.

Focusing on one topic at a time will support accessibility of information and allow for discussion and provide access to enduring resources. Some of the resources which were produced following last-years conference include: brain health and health passport webinars, and easy read resources covering menopause, eye health, healthy ageing, etc. These can be found here under the Easy Read and Health sections.