People with Down syndrome are living longer than ever and an ongoing photo project aims to upend stereotypes about them.
Laura LaChance, the executive director of the Canadian Down Syndrome Society, says evidence shows an extraordinary growth in life expectancy over the last few decades.
“The research is showing us that life expectancy has more than doubled in the last generation, and where in the early 1980s you might expect a life expectancy of 25 years, now 60 is the average,” she says.
Many people who have Down syndrome also have a heart defect. In the past, it went undiagnosed and could cause death
