When Caring Is Just and Justice Is Caring: Justice and Mental Retardation

“Praise to you, Lord God, king of the universe, who varies the forms of thy creatures. ” So begins an ancient Hebrew prayer which is to be recited upon encountering an individual with “deformities.” Wolf Wolfensberger, The Principles of Normalization in Human Services When speaking of a person labeled “profoundly mentally retarded” emphasize “profound.”