DISABILITY AND HUMAN DIGNITY ON THE IMAGO DEI AS PROOF OF HUMAN WORTH
DISABILITY AND HUMAN DIGNITY ON THE IMAGO DEI AS PROOF OF HUMAN WORTH

Summary/Abstract: The issue addressed in this paper pertains to one of the most vulnerable human categories – children with disabilities, and by implication, people with disabilities. Many a time the behaviour “normal” people have toward the disabled in the community is faulty and degrading. Most often this is so because of the erroneous perceptions many of us have in regard with the worth such persons have. This paper advances the premise that disability is neither a degrading experience nor should it affect how one’s dignity is being perceived. Disability is an unavoidable aspect of the human condition, a common experience we all share. Moreover, the biblical claim that we are created in God’s image, does not preclude disability, but rather it elevates the status of the disabled.

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