Chapter 8: Disability, Ableism, and Ageism Flashcards
The extent to which family or society has the available economic resources
Economic security
A disqualification, restriction, or disadvantage; a limitation in the ability to pursue am occupation because of a physical or mental impairment
Disability
A model in which disability or illness occurs as the result of a physical or mental condition
Biomedical model
Focus is on societal barriers and biases against people with disabilities, not on the person, the disability, or the medical condition itself
Social model
Individual’s diagnosis, disease, injury, condition, or illness
Pathology
Individual’s dysfunction or structural abnormalities in a specific body system
Impairments
Individual’s ability to perform daily or life activities
Functional limitations
Individual’s difficulty in doing basic activities
Disability
Strategies such as effective medical and rehabilitative care, caregiver support, adaptive/assistive dives, social service programs, and structural or architectural modifications
Extraindividual intervention
Strategies such as lifestyle and behavior changes, psychological attributes, coping strategies, and activity accommodations that help the person maintain independence for as long as possible
Intraindividual intervention
Two or more permanent injuries to the body that result in physical, cognitive, psychological, or psychosocial impairment and functional disability
Polytrauma
Social attitudes, rehabilitation and counseling practices, and policies that favor individuals who have or are perceived as having full physical and mental health abilities
Ableism
U.S. government established a formal program of training and counseling for U.S. veterans
Soldier Rehabilitation Act
Act granted funds to states to implement programs that addressed the needs of ordinary citizens with disabilities
Civilian Rehabilitation Act
Authorized federal monies to states to educate “deprived” children, including children with disabilities
Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965
Goal of helping children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, as well as providing early intervention programs for children with disabilities from birth to age 3 years and special-education preschool programs for children with disabilities who are ages 3 to 5 years
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
Introduced a number of new provisions to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act related to the education of children with disabilities
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
Protedts the rights of people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination in employment, public accommodations, government services, some communication services, and public and private transportation systems
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Views individuals as having value and worth ,rather than as being deviant or pathological
Disability-affiramtive counseling
Individuals who were born between the years 1946 and 1964
Baby boomers
The assumption that chronological age is the main determinant of human characteristics and that one age is better than another
Ageism
Discrimination against young people and children
Adultism
Denying a job or promotion to an individual solely on the basis of age; illegal in the U.S.
Age discrimination
Protects workers over 40 years of age
U.S. Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1986
