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This is the nature of all Republicans that i know. It's not just a disrespect for people from different backgrounds, they don't even see people who live a life different from their own. They're anti-abortion because bad things don't happen in their world - there's no rape or child abuse or mental health issues or addiction. Well, there are those things but they don't talk about it.
I work in a public school with kids with severe disabilities. A Republican friend was shocked that these kids attend school. I explained that the other option (the old way) was going to an institution where the rate of abuse was outrageously high and they're not making babies only because the girls go on birth control to stop their periods for easier hygiene. He said, "Oh my God! That's disgusting!" No shit dude - that's the world we live in - step outside of your own before you start telling others how to live theirs.
ETA: I kind of got on an angry tangent there. Sorry about that.
Dude, let those angry tangents out. It helps people empathize but it's also a heavy weight to be carrying around inside your gut. Don't apologize for being outraged by outrageous things.
To add to this, a lot of people don't see individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) as people. To them, they're something else.
A person with IDD has all the same rights, including voting, as any other person. To reinforce that, many (or maybe all) states have their rights specifically codified (e.g., Florida Statute 393.13). To remove those rights, it requires a court order, just like it does for you and me.
In Florida, the supports for individuals with IDD promotes and assists them with the voting process, especially with getting to the polls to cast their votes!
I don't disagree with the ability for IDD to vote, but after living in an apartment complex with a large portion of "intellectually challenged" (they were quiet fine neighbors...the complex was getting away with no maintenance a other scams) I worry that unscrupulous individuals would try to influence them to vote against their best interest (all im am saying is they might not get to vote their choice) which is a shitty thing to do