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AgrAbility Services in a Culturally Diverse Population: The Amish and other Old Order Anabaptists

AgrAbility Services in a Culturally Diverse Population: The Amish and other Old Order Anabaptists. Paul Jones and William Field Breaking New Ground Purdue University. What Does it Mean to be Anabaptist?. Anabaptist movement began in 1525 in Switzerland Anabaptist continuum

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AgrAbility Services in a Culturally Diverse Population: The Amish and other Old Order Anabaptists

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  1. AgrAbility Services in a Culturally Diverse Population: The Amish and other Old Order Anabaptists Paul Jones and William Field Breaking New Ground Purdue University

  2. What Does it Mean to be Anabaptist? • Anabaptist movement began in 1525 in Switzerland • Anabaptist continuum • Traditional (Amish) • Transitional (Conservative Mennonites) • Transformational (Church of the Brethren)

  3. What Does it Mean to be Old Order? • Selective use of technology • Plain clothing • Special dialect • Use horse-drawn transportation

  4. Population Estimates • Every currently funded AgrAbility state except Nebraska, Utah, and Colorado has an Old Order group (Colorado has an Amish Mennonite community) • 225,000 Old Order Anabaptists (2001—Kraybill) • Doubling of population every 20-22 years

  5. Service Delivery Experience • 3 recent Old Order clients (1 current, 1VR, 1 German Baptist) • Participation in 5 “Amish Handicapped Gatherings” with 500-600 attendees • Treva Chupp • Visual impairment resource • Other state AgrAbility projects

  6. Service Delivery Experience • Farm Safety • Northern Indiana Family Safety Committee • Amish safety days on Amish farms • Buggy/auto initiative • Fatality study (Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health) • Current NIOSH-supported injury study

  7. Cultural Values Related to Agriculture • Historically, agriculture has been: • The primary means of economic survival • A primary means of cultural survival • Currently, around 50% have primary source of income off-farm but most live on-farm • Unique perspective on technology

  8. Cultural Values Related to Receiving Services • Focus on helping within community (barn raising) • Separation from “the world” and the state • Resistance to free help, including materials

  9. Barriers to Service Delivery • Normally don’t participate in government-sponsored programs • Technological divide • Favor face-to-face relationships over “programs” • Cost of relationships

  10. Cultural Ignorance and Insensitivity • Basic values and history • Local rules (Ordnung); can vary significantly between communities • Viewed as stupid or backward • Disneyland syndrome

  11. Outreach Suggestions • Cultivate long-term personal relationships • Bishops normally must give approval for atypical activities • Network with Extension personnel who have long-term relationships • Conduct or participate in safety days

  12. Outreach Suggestions • Read The Budget or similar publications • Come to Elizabethtown conference June 2-4, 2004 • Buy cookies and bread

  13. Thank you for your kind attention

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