Addressing disability shatters the cultural ideals of being perfect, stoic, and the lack of a struggle. Disabilities forces people to deal with the and address the human condition no matter who is experiencing it.
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Attention to disabilities presents an opportunity to resist cultural addictions to unrealistic qualities such as invulnerability, perfection, and conformity and to find strength and integrity in accepting the reality of human difference, struggle, and sometimes suffering. And disabilities bring to the forefront some of foe most critical, eternal ،questions for faith communities: Will they welcome, affirm, incorporate, and celebrate all people? How will the larger community care for those with particular vulnerabilities? Will all people be open to receive care as well? Clearly, questions related to disability point at the heart of what it means to be human and to live in human community, including in faith communities.
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