disability Flashcards
THE MEDICAL MODEL
Sees disability as a medical problem, focusing on limitations caused by impairment. Leads to ‘victim-blaming’ mentality, where the problem lies with the disabled individual, rather than with a society that has not met their needs.
SHAKESPEARE -
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.
THE SOCIAL MODEL
Focuses on the social and physical barriers to inclusion that may exist, such as the design of buildings and public spaces that deny access to those with mobility problems, or discriminatory attitudes and practices against those with disabilities.
RIDLEY
Pondered the question why does disability make you feel awkward Two-thirds of people felt awkward talking to a disabled person. Less than a fifth of people have disabilities from birth, Ridley calls the other four-fifths ‘not yet disabled’, because being able-bodied is not a lifetime guarantee. This Ridley says is awkward.
SCOPE.ORG.UK -
Found that two thirds of people felt awkward talking to a disabled person and launched a campaign to remedy this
BARNES -
Representations of disability have generally been oppressive and negative Negative media portrayal of disability. Seen as victims, villains (James bond) , burden, sexually abrnormal (undatebales), in need of pity. Rarely seen as ‘normal.’
GILL -
‘Learned helplessness’. Disabled people may internalise the idea that they are incapable of changing a situation and thus fail to take action to help themselves.
MURUGAMI -
Argues disabled people have the ability to construct a self identity that accepts their impairments but is independent of it
SCRAMBLER -
The perception which is given to a disability has recently changed
