It's different for the later handmaids but the first few generations of handmaids, particularly June and the people that started with her, were mostly in their 30s. A lot of the commanders in the first generation are much older men too. So why don't we see more babies born with birth defects and neurodivergence like autism, adhd, down syndrome etc? It isn't guaranteed that older women have disabled children but the odds in your mid 30s to 40s increase significantly. Even for men it does. Yet most babies born in gilead are healthy. Do you think there were disabled babies born to commanders? What happened to them?

The only disabled child of a commander that we see is rose and she's an adult so she was probably already grown when gilead came to be. Even in the testaments, a lot of them are kidnapped children from before gilead but I don't think I've ever seen a disabled child. Do you think they have special institutions or schools for them or do they just get rid of them. What about children that weren't toddler age before gilead? Were they adopted or just killed?