Culture "as" Disability?

I have been reading McDermott and Varenne's "Culture as Disability". It gave me a new look at disability and life here in these United States. Having spent the last 30 years or so tucked away in the insulated, artificial and socially constructed world of education, seeing my profession and calling in life from an anthropological view can challenge, shake, and generally upset the status quo.

Several thing happen when I am confronted with a challenge from a divergent paradigm. I can be angry and dismissive. I not doing this as much anymore. If I keep listening and I see the validity of the stance, it brings me to the question: what do I do now? what do I do with this? Do I file it to be lost in the confused jumble of my mind to pop up at some inopportune time?

This is where I am now. Fortunately I am not alone in my quandary. I will be emailing friends and associates to enter into the discussion.

McDermott, Ray & Varenne, Herve (1995). Culture as Disability, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 26(3), pp. 324-348.