In February 2020, DSi returned to Dubai to deliver further training in support of the self-advocacy group that we helped to start in 2019.

The first day of training was for the self-advocacy group facilitators focusing on how they could support the self-advocates to prepare for the World Down Syndrome Congress and the roles they had chosen for themselves.

The second day of training, the self-advocates joined us along with our national representative for the UAE Chaica Al Qassemi, to talk about what they would like to see happening at the Congress and what roles they would like to play during it.

Self-advocates talked about what they would like to see at the World Down Syndrome Congress

During our visit we also took the opportunity to evaluate the progress of the self-advocacy groups and helped them to plan their next steps.