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I present and discuss what I see as a decisive convergence between future (no longer science fiction) genetic therapies in human beings with intellectual disabilities and standard (so to speak) neurobehavioral interventions. This crossing will lead to a radical modification in the life prospect of people with intellectual disability from genetic origin. Changing their previous biological status into a condition that can be substantially improved with refined knowledge and technical tools. Such a change, in the longer turn, could impact on ordinary people's conceptions and henceforth attitudes regarding the persons with intellectual disabilities. It might gradually lead to a reversal of the present trend of pregnancy termination following a confirmed diagnosis of genetic syndrome, significantly favoring instead a "let live and help" moral and social attitude.