“Occupations that offer strong social roles, such as teaching, appear to protect against suicide.” The above is a quote from an article sent to me by Ray Lemay. The article describes research on connections between… Read More »Social roles and suicide risk
In Social Role Valorization (SRV), one of the points we make in teaching about social roles is that a valued role can be protective, even when someone ends up with a significant impairment after acquiring… Read More »Dr. Elaine Smokewood
In a debate about adding attacks against homeless people under existing hate crime legislation, Rep. Paige Kreegle, R-Punta Gorda (Florida, US) referred to homeless people as ‘bums.’ From the article: Kreegle then noted that he… Read More »Language/imagery: ‘homeless bums’
Thanks to Bill Forman for bringing this article to my attention. This NY Times article would be a good basis for an instructive exercise on valued and devalued roles, imagery, language, competency or heightened vulnerability,… Read More »What about George?
Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition in Toronto, regularly blogs on topics related to the vulnerability and deathmaking of socially devalued people.
Atlantic magazine in March 2010 ran an article entitled ‘How a new jobless era will transform America.’ It struck me when reading it how much the article was about the loss of (or about the… Read More »Joblessness (loss of the valued social role of worker)