2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2005.00448.x
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Citizenship, Competence and Profound Disability

Abstract: In this paper I argue that reflection on competence and enfranchisement in relation to profound disability forces re-examination of the grounds of citizenship, with implications for theories of distributive justice in education. The primary purpose is less to point up that some people are disenfranchised without injustice; it is more to advance the view that, since enfranchisement is not an option for some profoundly disabled people, we require a conception of citizenship that is more sensitive to their distin… Show more

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“…Interpreting concepts of independence and autonomy for people with learning disabilities, however, is challenging, relating to historical understandings of normalisation (Simpson, 1998) and aligned with neoliberal expectations about not being a burden on society (Lero, Pletsch, & Hibrecht, 2012). These concepts are also often exclusionary for people with severe learning disabilities (MacIntyre, 2014;Vorhaus, 2005) where possibilities for choice and control have been shown to be particularly restricted (for example, Petner-Arrey & Copeland, 2015).…”
Section: Discussion: Purposes Of Education For Learners With Sldmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Interpreting concepts of independence and autonomy for people with learning disabilities, however, is challenging, relating to historical understandings of normalisation (Simpson, 1998) and aligned with neoliberal expectations about not being a burden on society (Lero, Pletsch, & Hibrecht, 2012). These concepts are also often exclusionary for people with severe learning disabilities (MacIntyre, 2014;Vorhaus, 2005) where possibilities for choice and control have been shown to be particularly restricted (for example, Petner-Arrey & Copeland, 2015).…”
Section: Discussion: Purposes Of Education For Learners With Sldmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…De utfordringene som personer med utviklingshemming av alvorlig grad har i forhold til kognitiv og kommunikativ funksjon, er brukt både direkte og indirekte til å stille spørsmål ved deres menneskeverd, menneskelighet og borgerstatus (Kittay og Carlson (red.) 2010;Vorhaus 2005Vorhaus , 2016Sterri 2014). Tydeligst kommer dette til utrykk i utsagnet: «Are all citizens regardless of handicap?…”
Section: Sammendragunclassified
“…Dette fører ifølge Kittay (2011) og Fyson (2009) til en devaluering av avhengighet og sårbarhet i teorier om rettferdighet. Vorhaus (2005Vorhaus ( , 2016 understreker også at denne tenkningen innebaerer en mangelfull forståelse for hvilke ressurser personer med utviklingshemming av alvorlig grad, faktisk har. Når borgerne ikke har nødvendig kompetanse til å tolke ytringer til personer med utviklingshemming, mangler denne gruppen for det første anerkjennelse av egen stemme.…”
Section: Sammendragunclassified
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“…A profoundly disabled person may be unable to speak or contribute to a process of rational argument, two basic capacities thought of as essential to citizenship (Vorhaus, 2005). But even when these capacities are absent, she remains a conscious agent, whose acts reveal intentions and purposes, and she is—at least in the standard case—aware of those acts under some description.…”
Section: The Human Point Of Viewmentioning
confidence: 99%