I watched last night in tears.
My great grandmother was advised to put her newborn baby who had Down's in a home and forget him. This was in 1930. She was a midwife too and told them to nob off. He lived with her until she died age 93 and died himself over a decade later, in his early 60s. He had a brilliant life and spent the final years of his life with his brother and SIL, my grandparents. I have fond memories of him.
My aunt was brain damaged at birth in 1950 by gross incompetence on the part of the doctor. My Grandma got the same advice and similarly, refused to leave her dd behind. She lived at home with my Grandma (and for the last years of his life, my uncle with DS) until 3 years ago when it became clear that she was unable to care for her any longer and she lives very happily now in her own home with full time carers and 3 housemates with similar levels of need.
My mother was a neonatal nurse until the mid 70s when she gave it up to have my brother. She told me once that if a baby was severely disabled, there were instances where they just didn't feed them. They were given oxygen and basic life support but no food. I was utterly horrified. So was she and she never went back to neonatal nursing.