disability

Question 1

THE MEDICAL MODEL

Answer 1

Sees disability as a medical problem focusing on limitations caused by impairments. Defining a person by their impairments. Victim blaming mentality.

Question 2

SHAKESPEARE -

Answer 2

Disabled are often socialised into seeing themselves as the victims and people with impairment settle with a victim mentality because they use it as their reason for failure. Also the lack of diabled role models in the media give diabled people a hard time creating positive identities. And able bodied people pity them.

Question 3

THE SOCIAL MODEL

Answer 3

Focuses on the social and physical barriers to inclusion that exist such as designing of building and spaces for people with disabilities

Question 4

RIDLEY

Answer 4

Pondered the question why does disability make you feel awkward

Question 5

SCOPE.ORG.UK -

Answer 5

Found that two thirds of people felt awkward talking to a disabled person and launched a campaign to remedy this

Question 6

BARNES -

Answer 6

Representations of disability have generally been oppressive and negative

Question 7

GILL -

Answer 7

Reconciling your identity as a disabled person with previously held notions about what being disabled means is a common burden

Question 8

MURUGAMI -

Answer 8

Argues disabled people have the ability to construct a self identity that accepts their impairments but is independent of it

Question 9

SCRAMBLER -

Answer 9

The perception which is given to a disability has recently changed