Arrived: our copies of the 3 volume model coherency set!
We just received copies of the new Wolfensberger model coherency text from Valor Press.
Wolf Wolfensberger
radio interview ‘Exploring the shadow world of ICE prisons’
This radio interview contains much material that is instructive in terms of societal devaluation. One claim made in the interview is that these prisons, many of them for-profit, exploit the labor of the prisoners. If… Read More »radio interview ‘Exploring the shadow world of ICE prisons’
Valuing Lives: Wolf Wolfensberger and the Principle of Normalization
This article in the Winter 2017 issue of Making a Difference (published by the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities) includes an article by Dr. Pat Nobbie entitled ‘The rhythms and patterns of life.’ The article… Read More »Valuing Lives: Wolf Wolfensberger and the Principle of Normalization
NY Times article: To Siri With Love: How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple’s Siri
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
asylum architecture
My thanks to Dr Robert Flynn, emeritus professor of the University of Ottawa, shared the following link with me concerning asylum architecture. This material is relevant to the experience of so many societally devalued people.… Read More »asylum architecture
UK report: ‘Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities’
One of the wounding experiences which can result from social and societal devaluation is that of deathmaking, a term coined by Dr. Wolfensberger to describe actions that hasten the death of societally devalued people (cf.… Read More »UK report: ‘Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities’