Devalued role of object
The 18 February 2013 issue of Time magazine had a photo of the actor John Hawkes who starred in The Sessions, playing a man in an iron lung (in real life, the poet and journalist… Read More »Devalued role of object
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NY Times article: ‘Designing for calm’
The NY Times Sunday Review piece from 13 January 2013 entitled ‘Designing for calm’ touches on a number of SRV and PASSING relevant points, and might be seen as a nice counterpoint to an earlier… Read More »NY Times article: ‘Designing for calm’
‘Not In My Backyard’ (NIMBY)
Thanks to Margaret Boyes and John Armstrong for sharing the following news article with me, concerning the proposed opening in a suburban neighborhood of a group residence for adults with addiction. In my reading, the… Read More »‘Not In My Backyard’ (NIMBY)
Writing in human services
One of the things I learned from Wolf Wolfensberger was the power of writing in relation to leadership development, social and societal change, and human service broadly. Even a quick Internet search finds great emphasis… Read More »Writing in human services
‘Architecture of Insanity’
Jack Yates recently shared with me an article entitled the ‘Architecture of Insanity: Boston Government Service Center’ by Michelle Koh and Gwen Lee. Located in Massachusetts (US), the Government Service Center has two parts, one of… Read More »‘Architecture of Insanity’
SRV in the News – Disabled Children are More Likely to be Abused
Disabled Children are More Likely to be Abused: Report Why are children with disabilities more likely to be abused than children without disabilities? According to the above article, disabled children in Australia experience abuse at… Read More »SRV in the News – Disabled Children are More Likely to be Abused