I thought I wouldn't write about this case . I've been following it and the developments have been a sad reminder that disabled people are, in 2015, still seen, talked about and treated as less than human.   Emily Brooks has been writing about it and her analysis is so comprehensive, I don't have much to add. But the rhetoric used by people involved in the case is making my heart hurt.   If you don't know about it, you can read the articles linked above and here . I will not talk about Anna Stubblefield, if she raped an adult