Voyaging on the seas of spirit: an ongoing journey towards understanding disability and humanity

Autor:	Terri Ashcroft, Deborah Stienstra
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Health (social science) business.industry General Social Sciences Environmental ethics Gender studies Disability studies Multiple time dimensions General Health Professions Health care Humanity Spirituality Ontology Spiritual development Sociology business
Zdroj:	Disability & Society. 25:191-203
ISSN:	1360-0508 0968-7599
DOI:	10.1080/09687590903534411
Popis:	In an important article in Disability & Society Hughes argued that ontology is becoming a ‘live issue’ in disability studies. Different sources, including non‐western and aboriginal conceptions of disability and cosmology and the literature on philosophy, religion, palliative and healthcare, suggest that we are missing a critical aspect of humanity in our discussions – the spirit. Drawing upon collectively defined or interpreted experiences of disability identified in non‐Western and aboriginal communities we identify gaps in our ontological discussions which result from taken for granted assumptions that there is only individual experience. When we incorporate spirit in our thinking we become open to emerging ways of understanding disability and humanity. Spirit is a critical, although often intangible, aspect of being alive. Drawing on these sources, ontological discussions around disability leads us to explore how experiences of disability teach us about the multiple dimensions of being human.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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