Diana Ventura returns for a dialogue on ableism and theology
A Disability Dialogue on October 17 featured author, Harvard public health researcher, and public theologian Diana Ventura. She spoke on "Ableism and the Public Square." "The societal 'people-with-disabilities-don't-matter-to-us" attitude says that people like me are 'less than' because of our embodied limitations," observed Ventura. "Such conceptions dominate the narrative of ableism in our society." Recounting parts of her life-long journey to overcome the obstacles of disability and ableism, she combined personal narrative and social analysis with historical and biblical resources. At 4:30pm, she was joined by Emily Griffith, Mark Lambert, and Luke Soderstrom for a conversation about stigma, silence, ableism, and theology. Ventura is a MDiv grad and a former DDH resident who earned her PhD from Boston University.