Does what we are capable of doing define us as human beings? If
this basic anthropological assumption is true, where can that leave
those with intellectual disabilities, unable to accomplish the
things that we propose give us our very humanity? Hans Reinders
here makes an unusual claim about unusual people: those who are
profoundly disabled are people just like the rest of us.
He acknowledges that, at first glance, this is not an unusual
claim given the steps taken within the last few decades to bring
the rights of those with disabilities into line with the rights of
the mainstream. But, he argues, that cannot be the end of the
matter, because the disabled are human beings before they are
citizens. "To live a human life properly," he says, "they must not
only be included in our institutions and have access to our public
spaces; they must also be included in other people's lives, not
just by natural necessity but by choice."
Receiving the Gift of Friendship consists of three parts: (1)
Profound Disability, (2) Theology, and (3) Ethics. Overturning the
"commonsense" view of human beings, Reinders's argument for a
paradigm shift in our relation to people with disabilities is
founded on a groundbreaking philosophical-theological consideration
of humanity and of our basic human commonality. Moreover, Reinders
gives his study human vividness and warmth with stories of the
profoundly disabled from his own life and from the work of Jean
Vanier and Henri Nouwen in L'Arche communities.
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