Mr. Jonathan Angus:

If it is passed, it will be the first Act in the world that recognises the unique needs of people with Down's syndrome. That is where we learned that, in other countries, the budgets are not exclusively spent on hiring people to do work for people with Down's syndrome, which is an important tool - maybe the most important - in independent living. We learned of many exciting ways that people are using a small amount of funding to create amazing lives. We feel that an important message from the international scene is that money has to be spent creatively, not just on hours, but on lives.