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CMV: I don't understand why we put so much into taking care of very disabled people

To preface this I am not saying we shouldn't help them at all as that would be very inhumane


I don't understand why we funnel so much time and money into trying to make them suitable for simple things like wiping your self in the bathroom. My school pours large amounts of money into a program that is aimed to help mentally disabled people function but it is essentially a daycare for them which also holds back anyone that just barely qualifies for the program from getting an actual education.

I just feel like the money would be better spent trying to improve some of the massive flaws of the school instead of doing the job which there are already institutions for.
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Well setting aside the more troubling implications of this question for the moment, there is a sliding scale of "disability" and it's not always cut-and-dry. Disability is not a binary thing where you are either "normal" or "disabled." Some people have medical conditions that limit their functionality; some people are perfectly healthy and just unable to perform certain tasks to satisfaction because of their physical inclination. There's a very real question of where you draw the line between "disabled" and "not disabled." 

If you only count people with drastic physical / mental injuries / deformities / health issues, then that's still something that's fluid. You can develop an illness; you can suddenly be injured; your health can naturally decline over time for genetic reasons.

If you count anyone with some kind of health problem or injury that poses an obstacle to them in any way, however slight, you're including a lot of people who are probably perfectly functional in society with no assistance and wouldn't even likely consider themselves "disabled."

We take care of "very disabled people" for the same reason we take care of normal people, because they need to be taken care of. Unless you mean to make the case that someone's life ceases to be "as valuable" because of their economic contribution or cost to society, there's no good reason *not* to that doesn't necessarily involve undercutting the inherent value of human life on some arbitrary external value basis.