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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
So there's this show from the 80s that was about a guy who would travel through time and help out people who found themselves in difficult situations.  I can't recall the name but it was tv show from NBC. 

Anyway, in this episode the time traveler goes back the 1950s and accidentally ends up in the body of teenager who has down syndrome. Needless to say, it's really fucked up cause don't  hold back and show how people were so mean to people with down syndrome. It really pissed me how with how people were so cruel to them in those days.

The whole point of the episode was that he had to help the kid to show that he function properly in society because he would have otherwise been institutionalized.
gpt
I have a real life example of this in family. 

My great aunt and uncle had two children who had Down Syndrome, in the 1940’s and 1950’s, I think. 

The state pressured them HUGELY to put both children in an institution. 

My great aunt and uncle refused. Their decision was considered shocking. 

Instead, they started the first group home in the region. I’m so glad they did. Later on, I had the opportunity to work in the disabilities field, and I’ve heard absolutely appalling stories from people who were institutionalized in similar situations.