disability Flashcards
define disability
physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term affect on a persons ability to carry out normal day to day activities
define impairment
a physical or mental abnormality/condition
define the medical model
disability is a medical problem, focuses on the limitations caused by the impairment
defines people by their disability/impairment
problem lies with the disabled person, rather than the society that hasn’t met their needs
what did shakespeare say
disabled people are socialised into seeing themselves as victims
self fulfilling prophecy- accepting a ‘victim mentality’ and using it as a reason for their failure
they lack positive role models in public life and the media
able bodied people react to disability with pity, avoidance and awkwardness
disabled people are often isolated from each other making it hard to form a community
what is the social model of disability
focuses on the social and physical barriers to inclusion that may exist (building designs, public spaces with no disabled access, discriminatory attitudes and practices)
disability is socially constructed since it rests on the assumptions of what is socially normal and abnormal
what did barnes say (media)
representation of disabled people in the media is usually oppressive and negative
they are rarely presented as people with their own identities
what did gill say (education)
disabled people have forms of learned helplessness
and have a self fulfilling prophecy that internalises the idea that they are incapable of changing a situation
segregated schooling encourages learned helplessness even if their intentions are well
what does murugami say
society should view disability as a human condition
they should embrace their disability as a normal part of themselves by constructing what you consider to be normal
they have the ability to construct a self identity that accepts their impairment and sees them as a person first
what does ridley say
scope UK found that 2/3 of people felt awkward talking to a disabled person
found that 43% of people don’t know anybody who is disabled
less than 1/5 of people are born with disabilities, ridley calls the other 4/5 not yet disabled because being able bodied isn’t a lifetime guarantee
what did the disability discrimination act 2005 do
prevent discriminatory practice in areas like the workplace, education, transport and buying or renting properties
define victim blaming
blaming the individual for their disability
define master status
something that overrides everything else in your identity
define learned helplessness
repetitive failure leads to taught helplessness
what does barnes say (disabled identity is the same as able bodied identities)
disabled people are increasingly been represented in the media as ‘normal’ due to the increasing number of role models in the media like paralympians and presenters like sophie morgan
