5/22/2023 0 Comments The Rejected Body by Susan Wendell![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The effect of these standards of normality is not limited, however, to the exclusion of those with disabilities from full participation in religious practices. It is often assumed, as a result of ignorance of the experience of those with disabilities, that the requirements for full participation in the religious life are easily met, e.g., the swallowing abilities necessary for participation in the Passover meal or the Eucharist or the flexibility and balance necessary for full participation in the very communal experience of Muslim prayer. These "disciplines of normality" can be found in most aspects of social life, and the religious life is no exception. With such marginalization, ignorance of the experience of those with disabilities is fostered fear sets in, and those with disabilities suffer even further marginalization. For those unable to meet the requirements, however, the result is often the experience of shame, self-hatred and exclusion from many activities of daily living easily accessible to those without disabilities. ![]() In The Rejected Body, Susan Wendell discusses the preconditions necessary for full participation in social life those "disciplines of normality" which go unnoticed among those able to meet such requirements effortlessly. The Limits of Language Ability in Sacred Experience ![]()
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