Response: Thoughts on Suffering: A Parent's View
This paper concurs with Professor Hauerwas' strong misgivings about policies to prevent learning disabilities per se. It explores the link between suffering and having a learning disability, agreeing with the view that suffering is often caused by attitudes within society. It emphasises that th...
| Published in: | Journal of religion, disability & health |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2005
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| In: |
Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2005, Volume: 8, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 107-112 |
| Further subjects: | B
Parenting
B Learning disability B Suffering B Community |
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| Summary: | This paper concurs with Professor Hauerwas' strong misgivings about policies to prevent learning disabilities per se. It explores the link between suffering and having a learning disability, agreeing with the view that suffering is often caused by attitudes within society. It emphasises that there needs to be empathy with the aspirations of people with learning disabilities; that paternalist attitudes are unacceptable and that there needs to be reciprocity in relationships. It argues strongly against viewing people with learning disabilities as a homogeneous group. |
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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_12 |