Janet shared several stories as well as an analysis of the nature of contribution, particularly contributions from and by societally devalued people in valued roles in typical contexts. Sharing of gifts and personal contributions are… Read More »Janet Kleese: The nature of contribution
Debbie shared stories of her own life, as someone who was jailed both as a young person and later as an adult. She compellingly described her own early life as one of cascading vulnerability: being… Read More »Debbie Kilroy: women and prison
Mike directs an organization that provides supports to elders, including elders with medical conditions and/or dementia. He spoke about some of the lessons his organization has learned through using an assessment tool (SIP) derived from… Read More »Mike Rungie: valued roles for elders
Guy Caruso gave a plenary presentation this morning (based on a paper written by Guy and Joe Osburn, and edited by the late Wolf Wolfensberger) in which he analyzed the concept and practice of ‘best… Read More »Guy Caruso: looking at ‘best practice’ from an SRV perspective
Susan Thomas and Mike Duggan gave brief presentations on the history of Wolf Wolfensberger’s work. Susan worked for and with Wolf for 38 years. She is a primary trainer of SRV and PASSING, plus… Read More »Tribute to the work of Wolf Wolfensberger
The following is a guest blog post submitted by Steven Tiffany: Last week I stumbled across a blog posting reviewing a new documentary that takes an in depth look at the relationship between disability and… Read More »Guest post: Disability and transhumanism