Social Role Valorization and, or Versus, “Empowerment”

One sociopolitical ideology that in the last 2 decades or so has been on the rise in the service and advocacy culture is that of conveying to bodily or functionally impaired people, and to members of other societally devalued classes, power (as expressed in “empowerment” language), self-determination, and choice (as in “freedom of choice” language), even to the point of unbridled license to do whatever they want. Sometimes, this strategy is...