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Ability, dis-ability and rehabilitation: a phenomenological description.

R S Williams

    The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
    |February 1, 1984
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    Human uprightness is key to existence, with disability presenting unique moral challenges. Rehabilitation should focus on re-enacting this uprightness, not just technical skill.

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    Area of Science:

    • Phenomenology
    • Philosophy of the body
    • Disability Studies

    Background:

    • Erwin Straus identified uprightness as fundamental to human formation.
    • Disability challenges literal and moral uprightness, impacting human existence.
    • The concept of 'rising in opposition' (Allon) has moral implications for disability.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the moral dimension of disability through the concept of uprightness.
    • To reframe rehabilitation as a project centered on re-enacting human uprightness.
    • To understand the phenomenological sense of disability within a disrupted world.

    Main Methods:

    • Philosophical analysis of uprightness and disability.
    • Phenomenological inquiry into the lived experience of disability.
    • Conceptual exploration of rehabilitation's focus.

    Main Results:

    • Uprightness, both literal and moral, is central to human experience.
    • Disability introduces a moral dimension tied to the struggle for uprightness.
    • Rehabilitation can be reconceptualized around re-enacting uprightness.

    Conclusions:

    • The moral aspect of disability is intrinsically linked to the concept of uprightness.
    • Rehabilitation should prioritize the re-establishment of uprightness over mere technical proficiency.
    • The phenomenological sense of disability emerges from the disruption of uprightness.

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