Disability Flashcards

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Stereotypes

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a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

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Discrimination

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The idea that the identity of people with disabilities is not shaped by physical or mental impairment but instead by society’s prejudices and discriminatory practices.

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Master status

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is the social position that is the primary identifying characteristic of an individual. The term master status is defined as “a status that has exceptional importance for social identity, often shaping a person’s entire life.” Master status can be ascribed or achieved.

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Victim mentality

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when a person sees themselves as the problem in society, rather than seeing a society as not meeting their needs.

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Learned-helplessnessar

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a concept that originates in psychology, describing the way that some disabled people may internalise the idea that they are incapable of changing a situation and thus fail to take action to help themselves.

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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a process by which individuals are labelled in a manner predicting their future and behaviour and because they come to see themselves as they have been labelled start to live up to that prediction.

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Hidden disability

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a disability experienced by someone that is not external or immediately visible.

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Temporarily able-bodied

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a term coined by disability activists to remind able-bodied people that their status is temporary and dependent on continued good health. It is a controversial term within disability activist communities.

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