A sadly revealing article about the societal devaluation and wounding which too often surrounds mental disorder and poverty. Note the use of ‘dignity of risk’ language, though it hardly seems to reflect what Perske meant,… Read More »Washington Post article: ‘In transition to independent living, the ‘dignity of risk’ for the mentally ill’
This recent article in the NY Times would make a good basis for a Social Role Valorization-based exercise or discussion, in an agency, study group or university class. It would require thinking about multiple elements–first individually,… Read More »NY Times article: To Siri With Love: How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple’s Siri
The NY Times article entitled ‘A Damaging Distance: For Israelis and Palestinians, Separation is Dehumanizing’ bears relevance to the SRV theme of interpersonal identification (Wolfensberger, A Brief Introduction to Social Role Valorization, 1998, pp. 118-120). Some of the… Read More »‘A Damaging Distance’
An interesting example of paying attention to imagery (personal appearance and possessions), and to what is normative and valued in a culture for a specific age group (children, in this case), among other things. http://teddytheguardian.com/… Read More »‘Teddy the guardian’
Read the following blog post and consider what an Social Role Valorization perspective (valued social roles, image and competency enhancement, culturally valued analog, heightened vulnerability, greater access to the good things of life, etc.) would… Read More »recent blog post: “GPS – the debate on tracking equipment for people with dementia”
Read about why this Association for Community Involvement adopted Social Role Valorization as its guiding framework. Marc Tumeinski