'They're not visible': New campaign spotlights older Canadians with Down syndrome
The Canadian Down Syndrome Society is sharing a new awareness campaign featuring photos of older people with Down syndrome.
"People age 40 and over are hugely underrepresented in all aspects of media, social media pictures, they're just not visible," Laura Lachance, executive director of CDSS told CTV's Your Morning on Tuesday. "So we embarked on this campaign to bring these faces to the front." "What's changed is advances in medical technology, both in diagnostics and in treatment," Lachance said. "So a lot of children who used to die in their early years are now surviving, taking advantage of all the interventions and living a long healthy life."
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