These self-evident truths: power and control in intellectual disability research.

摘要

Thomas Jefferson, rejecting the prevailing doctrine that monarchs enjoyed a "divine right" to rule, thought it a self-evident truth that all men are created equal. Years later George Orwell added to the rhetoric when he said that all animals are equal. As the reality of this position unfolded in Orwell's parable, the author had the characters impart some spin by adding "but some animals are more equal than others." Of course he was writing a political satire rather than a commentary on intellectual disability research, but do parallels exist? Are all researchers equal or do some of us have a tendency to display our self-importance?