The aim of the work is to show the role of social campaigns in the perception of people with Down syndrome. The article increases the cognitive value in the area of theoretical analysis of social advertising as a communication tool and systematizes knowledge about Down syndrome as a disease entity, stereotypes functioning in society and pro-social associations. In addition to the theoretical part, the publication contains an empirical part, which presents the results of the analysis of social campaigns that create a positive image of people with Down syndrome who are most popular on the Internet.