http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2007/11/26/movie-review-praying-with-lior/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:11:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2007/11/26/movie-review-praying-with-lior/#comment-465 Garrett Jansen Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:57:34 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2007/11/26/movie-review-praying-with-lior/#comment-465 This film seems very fascinating and refreshing. At first, when I read about it on this blog, I thought it would be a recount of the generosity and charity of the synagogue, as if including a boy with Down syndrome in a religious service is going above and beyond not only societal morality but Judaic morality as well. However, upon closer examination it appears that inclusion can create a symbiotic relationship between the disabled and the nondisabled, even in an environment where the cognitively disabled were often thought of as useless. This film seems very fascinating and refreshing. At first, when I read about it on this blog, I thought it would be a recount of the generosity and charity of the synagogue, as if including a boy with Down syndrome in a religious service is going above and beyond not only societal morality but Judaic morality as well. However, upon closer examination it appears that inclusion can create a symbiotic relationship between the disabled and the nondisabled, even in an environment where the cognitively disabled were often thought of as useless.

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