Brokenness / Transformation: Reflections on Academic Critiques of L'Arche

Authors

  • Madeline Burghardt York University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v36i1.3734

Abstract

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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Published

2016-03-08

How to Cite

Burghardt, M. (2016). Brokenness / Transformation: Reflections on Academic Critiques of L’Arche. Disability Studies Quarterly, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v36i1.3734

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Re-Framing