Hi
Barry asked me to forward this to the list from an off-list conversation we
were having. Contributions welcome.
Best Wishes
Mark.
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Ruffell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 May 2001 13:08
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: intellectual disability?
Thanks for yur reply. I'd like to pursue this, but my attempt to post a
question to the list didn't work for some reason. If it's not a bother
could you post the folowing for me . . . . ?
I'd be interested to know people's views about the relationship
between Wolfensberger's work on Social Role Valorisation and
contemporary thinking about the Social Model of disability. It's
always seemed to me that SRV has offered a good way into an
understanding of social model principles, but I'm aware that there are
those who draw a sharp distinction between the two approaches.
Barry Ruffell
(Direct payments Scheme
West Sussex County Council, Social Services Dept.)e following for me?
Thanks.
BR.
"Mark Priestley" <[log in to unmask]> on 16/05/2001 15:57:41
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Subject: RE: intellectual disability?
Hi Barry
Thanks for the note. I think I would want to put a certain amount of clear
water between the practices of normalisation, SRV and PASS on the one hand
and anything to do with the social model of disability on the other, but
that might be worth a discussion on the list?
Best Wishes
Mark.
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Ruffell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 16 May 2001 08:59
To: Mark Priestley
Subject: Re: intellectual disability?
Is it really the case that the application of Social-Model thinking to the
situation of people described as having learning difficulties has not been
central to academic and/or practice debate?
It's a bit early in the morning, but if I understand your point correctly
it is that people are mistaken who maintain that the S-M perspective has
historically not been applied to the 'learning disability' sector. If so,
it seems to me that you are patently correct. if not, what was
Wolfensburger all about for 30 years? The basis of the Social Role
Valorisation approach was surely that certain groups are perceived as
deviant and consequently experience exclusion from roles which have valued
status. Further, that human service systems have tended to reinforce this
exclusion - in large measure because of the unconscious collusion of the
agents of those systems - which results in what he calls 'deathmaking'. He
developed tools for examining systems (e.g. 'PASS') to identify the extent
to which these disadvantageous processes were taking effect.
The development of his work, as championed for example by VIA, has involved
a focus on key accomplishments, and the acjievement of 'ordinary life'.
It's a while since I've walked the halls of academe so I might be out of
touch with the current discourse, but this does seem to me to be a sensible
way of grasping the principes behind the Soc.Mod..
Barry
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