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How Disability Stereotypes in Faith Communities Can Cause Harm

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Throughout the history of religions, there has been a tendentious relationship between disability and sacred texts. In Judaism and Christianity, health conditions have been described as the result of sin, given by God.

In Christianity, Jesus is conceptualized as a healer of ailments, a divine being who can cure disability by performing miracles.

In many Eastern traditions, which have the concept of Karma, health conditions in this life are perceived as a punishment for wrongs in a previous incarnation.

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