10 disability and health

Question 1

not everyone who is sick experiences disability

Answer 1

not everyone who is disabled is sick

Question 2

but some chronic illnesses are also disabling and some disabilities are the result of illness

Question 3

what is disability

Answer 3

decisions on “measured” rates of disability are socially constructed and political

different surveys and census have different definitions of disability

Question 4

disability prevalence in canada

Answer 4

1 in 5 canadians 15 years and over (22%) have one or more disability

-rate of disability increase with age

-disabilities related to pain, flexibility, mobility and mental health were the most common disability types

Question 5

some of the most common forms of disability are

Answer 5

invisible :

-mental illness and addictions, brain injuries, epilepsy and diabetes

Question 6

defining “disability”

Answer 6

not simple

it depends on context

it is always political

Question 7

disability also INTERSECTS with other identities and social positions

Answer 7

women are more likely to have a disability than men

people with disabilities are less likely to be employed

as severity of disability increases so does poverty and unemployment

Question 8

gaps in data

Answer 8

canadian survey on disability did not include :
-those living in institutions
-on canadian armed force bases
-on first nations reserves

Question 9

disability can lead to

Answer 9

oppression, discrimination and violence

and vice versa**

Question 10

defining disability
The medical model of disability **

Answer 10

an individual pathology or problem

Disability is located within the body and is caused by a bodily abnormality or defect that limits the physical and/or mental functioning of an individual

-individual pathology that requires medical intervention to help the individual function as normally as possible

Question 11

defining disability
the Social model of disability

Answer 11

disability defined as a social pathology or problem

Question 12

critiques for the medical model of disability

Answer 12

1. draws on a narrow and biomedical definition of “normal”
2. equates disability with “abnormality” resulting in negative stereotypes and stigma
3. many people with disabilities do not want or need medical intervention
4. views the social and built environment as neutral

Question 13

the social model of disability

Answer 13

the UPIAS and other disability rights advocates and scholars distinguished between impairment and disability

Question 14

impairment

Answer 14

is the physical or mental state

Question 15

disability

Answer 15

is the socially constructed meaning or consequence attributed to this impairment

-socially constructed status that is only partially shaped by bodily impairment

-there is a physical or mental condition present, it is society that construes it to be a disability (ie. normal/abdornal)

Disability is therefore the product of systemic discrimination that isolates and excludes people with disabilties from full participation in society

Question 16

impairment effect
-still social model of disability

Answer 16

not being able to walk is an impairment effect

Question 17

disabling factor
SMoD

Answer 17

the fact that society assumed people do/can walk (and designs our environments based on this assumption) is a disabling factor

Question 18

disablism
SMoD

Answer 18

discrimination, oppressive or abusive behaviour arising from the belief that people with disabilities are inferior to others

Question 19

Ableist

Answer 19

ideas, practices, institutions, and social relations that presume able-bodiedness

Question 20

critiques of the SDoM

Answer 20

1. does not explain the relationship that some people with disabilities have with the medical system
2. focus is on the social construction of disability and how this limits peoples choices but does not pay much attention to the limitations that stem from the biological condition (the impairment)

Question 21

athlete/guide partnerships

Answer 21

guides are essential to the sport experience of many VI athletes yet little is known about these partnerships

Question 22

dyadic relationships in sport

Answer 22

similarities and differences to other partnerships in sport

Question 23

bodies that need bodies

Answer 23

failure to consider how disabled athletes compete in sport, including how dependance on (non-disabled) others facilitates sport participation is part of the erasure of disable identities