Response: Whose Table for “The Retarded”?
They key role of those treated as outsiders in building community is identified. The importance of appreciating people with intellectual disabilities as possessing affirmative gifts and the necessity of understanding “outsiders” through sharing life is asserted. The centrality of dependency in under...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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| In: |
Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2005, Volume: 8, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 45-51 |
| Further subjects: | B
citizen advocacy
B Community Building B Mental Retardation B Normalization B L'Arche |
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| Summary: | They key role of those treated as outsiders in building community is identified. The importance of appreciating people with intellectual disabilities as possessing affirmative gifts and the necessity of understanding “outsiders” through sharing life is asserted. The centrality of dependency in understanding community building and the positive historical role of the principle of normalization in highlighting the negative effects of segregation and control are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-9122 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1300/J095v08n03_06 |