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The Down Syndrome Centre have developed a new and innovative way of raising awareness and much needed funding for their aims and goals – by inviting every individual Veteran / Vintage & Classic Car Owner and Club throughout Ireland to consider coming together for this National Festival of Cars. To support this very special charity and to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, there will be lots of Chrome supporting those with an extra Chromosome.

Individual owners efforts together with our very worthy cause will achieve one of the finest exhibitions of amazing cars held in Ireland this year.

Down syndrome is not a disease! It’s the result of a chromosomal disorder. Down syndrome is a genetic condition that causes delays in physical and intellectual development. It occurs in approximately one in every 600 live births. Individuals with Down syndrome have 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46. It is the most frequently occurring chromosomal disorder.

Down syndrome is not related to race, nationality, religion or socioeconomic status. The most important fact to know about individuals with Down syndrome is that they are more like others than they are different.

The genetic anomaly can be due to a process called nondisjunction, in which genetic materials fail to separate during a crucial part of the formation of gametes, resulting in an extra chromosome (called trisomy 21). The cause is not known, although it correlates with a woman’s age.

Event Details

Location	Smithfield Market Square, Dublin 7
Date	Sunday 24th March 2013
Time	8am to 9am Cars Arrive & 10am Festival Opens – 5pm Close
Contact	Darragh Murphy. (01-661 8000 / 087 2607 459.) Email: darragh@downsyndromecentre.ie