I haven't read the article, nor all of this thread. I feel bad when I read slurs against people with intellectual disabilities like "slack jawed half wit". I think that as US culture is becoming more accepting of LGBT minorities, there are benefits to many groups in addition to LGBT people, because gender roles get less rigid and constraining for everyone. Similarly, I hope that as people with intellectual disabilities become more accepted and respected, there will be benefits to highly intelligent people, as well as people with intellectual disabilities and people with other levels or types of intelligence. I hope it will encourage people (especially highly intelligent people) to develop more flexibility in the types of human characteristics they can respect, rather than more rigidly focusing on, and judging others based on, intelligence.