Uncertain future looms for middle-aged people with Down syndrome

A lack of care options means many will have no support when their elderly parents die, as Xin Wen reports.

Meng Fanrong once considered jumping into the Pearl River in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, with her baby son in her arms because she was fearful of the future that awaited him.

Meng, now 70, quickly abandoned the idea, but her concerns over the future of her son, who has Down syndrome, persist nearly 40 years later.