Disability and Society

Question 1

What causes disibility?

Answer 1

Disibility is the result of impairment caused by disease, trauma or some other health condition

Question 2

What is impairment?

Answer 2

deviations from the “normal” healthy state.

Question 3

What is disability?

Answer 3

Restriction of ability (in comparison to normal) as a result of an impairment

Question 4

What is the biomedical model of disability (3 parts) ? e.g. down’s syndrome

Answer 4

1) IMPAIRMENT (e.g. cognitive impairment)
2) DISABILITY (functional consequence e.g. learning difficulties)
3) HANDICAP (social consequence e.g. limited education)

Question 5

What 3 social barriers do people with disabilities face?

Answer 5

1) ENVIRONMENT e.g. inaccessibility of places
2) ATTITUDES (prejudice/stereotypes)
3) ORGANISATIONAL (inflexible practices)

Question 6

What does the equality act do?

Answer 6

Protects disabled people and their carers against discrimination and victimisation

Question 7

What is victimisation?

Answer 7

to punish of treat people less favourably because they have asserted their rights