Chapter 12 Flashcards
Blame the victim response
Belief person deserves what they get
Ableism
The belief on superiority of people without disabilities over people with disabilities -the stigmatization of disability and prejudicial attitudes by people without disabilities towards people with disabilities
CPPD Benefit
Benefit for those with severe and prolonged disabilities who meet cpp requirements
Disability
Wide range impairments
Disability tax credit
Income tax credit for those who have a disability that markedly restricts activities of daily living
Institutionalization of people with disabilities
Special residential schools/hospitals/provincial institutions
-became common belief that this was the natural order of things and that people with disabilities had always been separated from their communities
Job modifications
Personal help aid ppl with disabilities participate in the labour market
Medical model (personal tragedy theory)
Views disability as a medical condition,personal tragedy or unfortunate life event it focuses on the limitations and recommends helping the individual to adapt to their situation
Persons with disabilities
Replaced disabled
Psychological disabilities
Mental illnesses alterations in thinking mood or behaviour or some combination of the three and include conditions such as mood disorders …
Political rights model /social oppression theory
Problems faced by people with disabilities are not the result of physical impairments alone but are also the result of the social and political inequality that exist between people with disabilities on one and and those without
-challenges the view that disability is essentially an individual problem requiring individual treatment and individual solutions to problems