Dr (h.c.) Jen Blackwell BEM and Sue Blackwell, United Kingdom

After 10 years of trying to find the correct assist to allow Jen to comply with her desires, Jen and Sue Blackwell (Daughter and Mum) co-created DanceSyndrome in 2009, the place everybody issues and all are inspired to steer completely happy, wholesome and purposeful lives.

DanceSyndrome is for individuals with and with out Down’s syndrome and different studying disabilities, utilizing inclusive dance as a automobile in a singular, ground-breaking manner which doesn’t exist anyplace else. 

Jen, Sue, and DanceSyndrome are worldwide multi-award-winning leaders of change, disrupting the established order and difficult perceptions and programs the place crucial. They present everybody the artwork of the doable, no matter label or perceived means we connect to ourselves or others, by taking one step at a time. Jen was born with Down’s syndrome and says, “With the correct assist on the proper time we are able to go additional and additional”

On this particular episode you’ll hear the voices of three girls: Jen Blackwell, Sue Blackwell, and Tracey-Jane Hughes, who restated some questions for Jen. Jen and Sue focus on:

• creating DanceSyndrome and their experiences showcasing the performances of this dance firm…
• dealing with and overcoming the forms and programs that noticed Jen as a studying incapacity as a substitute of as an individual…
• the significance of true inclusion fairly than tokenistic inclusion to allow everybody to be a pacesetter in their very own life…
• Jen’s love of dance all through her life…
• being honored at Buckingham Palace….
• Jen being appointed Lead Ambassador for Innovation and Entrepreneurship by the Excessive Sheriff of Manchester for her yr of tenure in 2018.…
• encouraging all girls and ladies to talk out and converse up…
• and the significance of making alternatives for all!

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