I may not have as good an idea of what SRV really stands for as I do of the
social model,
Personally I subscribe to what might be called new variant social model,
whereby everything is absolutely relative, that the only value that can be
attached to a condition is a social one.
What bothers me about SRV is that it appears not to value difference,
(impairment is in essence a value attached to difference IMO)
To me as an autistic person who has what is described as an "impaired"
social funtion what is social is at the very core of my understanding and
interface with the rest of humanity.
I do not wish to be untrue to myself merely so that I can fit in better with
society, to appear less "disabled"
I hold autistic behaviors such as failure to give eye contact, stimming etc,
as valid forms of human expression and a heritage some of us would do well
to reclaim.
For the record nowadays I believe that people first language sucks, It would
be ridiculos to describe myself not as an artist but a "person with art" not
as a photographer, but as a person who has photography.
I am Autistic as another person might be French or Chinese or whatever
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mike Clear
> Sent: 23 May 2001 23:29
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> Subject: Re: SRV and Social Model
>
>
> hello michael,
>
> notwithstanding important differences, can one really refer to this
> "convergence" as a small point ie "the recognition that 'disability' is
> socially constructed and negotiated, rather than being the inevitable
> consequence of impairment."
>
> it strikes me as rather fundamental. one might say of paramount
> or should i
> say, paradigm, importance !
>
> cheers, mike
>
> At 07:28 AM 24/05/01 +1000, you wrote:
>
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