Brokenness / Transformation: Reflections on Academic Critiques of L'Arche
L'Arche, an international federation of communities for adults with intellectual disabilities, has been critiqued by disability studies scholars throughout its fifty-year history due to its religiosity, its apparent lack of a rigorous stance on the need to address policy concerning people with...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Ohio State University Libraries
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Disability Studies Quarterly |
| Online Access: | http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3734 |
| Summary: | L'Arche, an international federation of communities for adults with intellectual disabilities, has been critiqued by disability studies scholars throughout its fifty-year history due to its religiosity, its apparent lack of a rigorous stance on the need to address policy concerning people with disabilities, its philosophy concerning disability's meanings, and features of its language and discourse. I address these concerns as someone who is both an academic and a long-term member of a L'Arche community. While there is historically limited and uneasy interaction between these two communities, I suggest there is potential for mutual and worthwhile exchange from theoretical and practical perspectives. |
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| ISSN: | 1041-5718 2159-8371 |