However, there are countless examples of people without those labels who have experienced the same types of injustices. So, while there is a death penalty, there do need to be safeguards in place within the legal system to keep people who have disabilities from being treated unfairly. And we do need to work toward there being a level playing field. But to say those injustices happen because these convicts are incompetent, helpless and child-like, insults not only them, but also people with disabilities who are making good choices every day. We can t have it both ways.
Discrimination is, after all, discrimination.