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Why society assumes intellectual disability equals incompetence

My intellectual disability doesn't affect my ability to make decisions about my own life, but everyone from doctors to bank tellers talks to my support worker instead of me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Others are systematically denying your agency and self-determination based on prejudiced assumptions about your capabilities.

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