English Issue 35/2024

When we think of “inclusion,” we often think of people with special assistance needs who can participate equally in a community. The Latin, includere (to include, surround, enclose) can also be applied to the “I” that I can become only through including “you.” So, when we become “exclusive,” what do we exclude? Everything in ourselves that is different, new, imperfect, unknown, dark, frightening, unexpected, vulnerable, and mysterious. To exclude something is to withhold hope of wholeness. In this respect, the founding of the Section for Curative Education and Inclusive Social Development as the twelfth in the round dance is a symbol of the possibility of becoming whole.