Disability And Idenity Flashcards
1
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What is a disability?
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A physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out day to day activities
2
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What is an impairment?
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A loss or limitation in the functioning of the mind or body
3
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What is the medical model of disability?
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- People are disabled if they came take part in the same activities as others
- Labelled as inferior
4
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What is the social model of disability?
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- Society disables people
- Disabled are excluded from full participation in society
5
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What is the social construction of disability?
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- Shakespeare- disability should be seen as a social construction
- Disabled identity may be generated for people without major difficulties just for not conforming to normality
- Barriers in place by society can turn impairments into disabilities
6
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What challenges may disabled people face in the UK?
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- Most of the UK population is impaired in some way
- Society does not define this as a problem so is not classed as disability
- e.g. needing glasses
7
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How did Barnes say disabled people may be stereotyped?
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- Dependent on others
- Unable to contribute to society
- Non sexual
- Unable to speak for themselves
- Less than human
- To be mocked or pitied
8
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How can capitalism impact disability?
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- Finlelstein
- Negative attitudes towards disabled are caused by capitalist emphasis on work as a source of identity and power
- Capitalist society enforces the important of a fit and healthy workforce
9
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How can disability be a master status?
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- Disabled people may not see their impairment as a main part of their identity but others might
- People exclude them from society and treat them as disabled
- Employers may be reluctant to take on a disabled person, so they’re more likely to rely on the welfare state
- Professionals assume disabled women would make unsuitable mothers, can be forcibly sterilised or lose their children
10
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What is learned helplessness?
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- Stereotypes of disabled people can impact how they view themselves
- Scott- blind people began to rely on the able bodied because professionals expect them to not because they need to
11
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How can disability lead to resistance?
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- Studies suggest that disabled people are likely to resist negative stereotypes
- Reject medical labels, and keep a positive self image
