There’s a huge variance with Down syndrome. A friend’s daughter was born with it so they got pretty active in the community. I ended up helping at some events and learned a lot. In talking to some people with DS, if they didn’t have the physical tells and issues speaking, you probably wouldn’t think anything was different about them. I don’t know how they’d rank in terms of IQ, 85 might be high, but it doesn’t seem out of the question. Others aren’t able to communicate with anyone who isn’t extremely in tune with them and they have physical issues that require constant care. One young man remembered my name, what we’d talked about, and updated me on some questions I’d asked him before. It had been a few months in between, so he definitely had the capacity, but he was also kind of one of the stars. He was what you’d consider very high functioning I think, and that got him to the point where you probably wouldn’t suspect anything on the internet. He had a job, and was probably going to be able to live on his own with very limited help. I don’t know of anyone who has what you’d consider a “high” IQ that has DS. I think that’s precluded by some of the physical difference caused by the genetic differences. But there are some lucky people who are very determined to learn all they can. And a lot of really nice people that smile, laugh, and dance enough to make you wonder what we’re all complaining about.