Pastoral Relationship with People with Intellectual ... - Theses

30by those within what can be broadly referred to as the disability movement. Here,disability advocacy and the claiming of disability rights have at times disregardedthe rights of people with intellectual disability on the basis that such rightsassume the autonomy that accompanies full intellectual capacity. 32Thus, given this level of alienation, an argument can be made forsuggesting that amongst those with disability, people with intellectual disabilityhave been even more marginalised and alienated from mainstream society thanthose with other forms of disability. It is in the honouring of people withintellectual disability who live in the institutional context that, through the carefuldetailing of their narrative, such marginalisation can be pastorally redressed.1.5 Introduction to the Extended Reflection ProcessThe extended reflection process, and its constituent elements, will bethoroughly discussed in chapter 5. Nonetheless, the following four-part approachto this process is proffered as a holistic and comprehensive framework by whichthe extended reflection process can be best understood. It is argued that it mosteffectively honours the need for an authentic framework by which the extendedreflection question can be reflected upon and understood given the specificcontext and people under consideration.1.5.1 Theoretical Perspective: Liberation TheologyThe theoretical perspective represents "the philosophical stance informingthe methodology and thus providing a context for the process and grounding ofits logic and criteria." 33 The perspective that will inform the methodology to beapplied to this extended reflection is that of liberation theology. This stance willprovide both the fundamental oppression orientation through which theinstitutional context will be interpreted, as well as the liberating model of pastoralcare that will be proposed. Furthermore, praxis, concerned as it is withcontextualised reflection upon theories of understanding from which authentic32 Reinders, Hans. Receiving the Gift of Friendship: Profound Disability, TheologicalAnthropology and Ethics. ed. (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,2008), 5. More details on the Disability Rights model will follow in chapter 2.33 Crotty, Michael. The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and Perspective in theResearch Process. (St. Leonards: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, 1998), 3.