critques of Martha Nussbaum view of disability

[Kelley]

Thus I think Bérubé is right to suggest that the key to social justice for 
both the disabled and those who care for them lies in enlarging the 
imagination. If we regard our fellow citizens above all as parties to a 
mutually advantageous bargain, we will never see much of value in the 
permanently handicapped. And we will see value in the disabled elderly only 
by thinking of them as formerly productive people who deserve some 
recompense for that earlier productivity; this is surely not all that their 
dignity requires. Finally, if we see little value or dignity in dependent 
people, we will be unlikely to see dignity in the work done dressing or 
washing them, and we will be unlikely to accord this work the social 
recognition it should have. We will confront these problems well only if we 
see human worth in Jamie's playful sweetness as well as in his brother's 
traditionally valued gifts, in Sesha's need to be dressed as well as in her 
parents' ability to dress themselves. Thus Bérubé's book, which can be read 
simply as a father's detailed and often quite humorous story about the life 
of his son, actually has an important theoretical purpose. All the detail 
and the humor are there to help readers understand the relationship with a 
"retarded child" not as a heart-wringing tragedy but as a valuable and 
enjoyable human relationship.

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can't reconcile the above statement with claims made about her in the responses!