Descrizione
We, the a/Autistic community, need to stop equating "intelligence" with worth. Intellectually/cognitively disabled a/Autistics exist. Intellectually/cognitively disabled people are just as worthy of respect as anyone else. All disabled people deserve the same dignity that non-disabled people do.
Further reading:
"The Mismeasure of Man" by Stephen Gould (I read the revised version)
http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/10/23/ableist-word-profile-intelligence/
http://www.autistichoya.com/2012/07/on-ableism-in-autism-and-autistic.html
https://eateroftrees.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/intelligence-is-ableist-but-not-for-the-reason-you-think/
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/assessment.aspx
http://www.jstor.org/stable/3789553?
http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v09n1/eugenics.html