3.5 Models/ Constructs of Disability Flashcards
WHO’S statistics on disability
-16% of world’s population or 1/6 (1.3 billion) individuals experience disability
-2x risk for chronic disease
-15x less access to transport options
Disability in Australia
-1/2 for females
-1/4 have mental health disorders
-1/3 severe disability
- <65 12%
- >65 50%
Some myths of disability
- Disability is a tragedy
- Disability is a sickness
- Disability is inspirational
- Disability attitudes- infantalisation, labelled as helpless, hopeless, equality
These myths can be individual specific
Model of myths for disability
- Medical- We need to fix them
- Charitable- We need to help them
3.Social- - Human- We need to
Disability rights
-Convention by united nations in 2007 with 83 countries for rights
- Disability discrimination act 1992
Principles of diabiltity rights
- Respect
- Discrimination
- Inclusion
4.Respect - Equality
- Accessibility
- Identity
NDIS
National Disability Insurance Scheme
-Eligible australians who acquire permanent and significant disability
- Choose necessary and reasonable roles
-Self-managed plan
-Plan managed
-NDIA managed
Social model vs human rights model
-Does not acknowledge impact
-Living independently and community involvement
Limitations of the ICF (disability)
-Too simple
-No difference between activity and participation
-Universal approach
-Just environmental focus (need more context)
Limitation of the social model
-Top down model
-minority group model
An approach to disability
- Complexity
- Interdisciplinary
- Underpin success
- Lamina- Layers
Critical realism
Real vs observable
-Real cannot be observed and independent of human theory/perception
-Observable is influenced by human perception.
-Unobservable stuctures get through social context and influence obserable
NDIS treatment plan
Cannot treat a patient without being a registered NDIS provider, along with a registry check.
How to increase children participation
- Opportunity
- Capability
- Value based approach
