Disability And Society

Question 0

What is impairment?

Answer 0

Deviations from the normal healthy state. Organic/physical loss, abnormality, disease or condition.

Question 1

What is the biomedical model of disability?

Answer 1

Biomedical model of disability: the result if disease, trauma or some other health condition. Restriction of ability within a range considered normal resulting from impairment.

Question 2

What is the social model of disability?

Answer 2

The social model of disability rejects impairment as inevitable cause of disability, society disables those with impairment. Focuses on acceptance and accommodation of difference. Politically driven.

Makes key pieces of terminology redundant, eg handicap.

Question 3

What are social barriers within an environment?

Answer 3

In accessibility of places, services and as a result of difficulty utilising resources.

Question 4

What is discrimination?

Answer 4

To treat one particular group less favourably than another.

Question 5

What is victimisation?

Answer 5

Victimisation is to punish or treat a person less favourably because they asserted their rights.