Disability Identity Flashcards
What is Disability Identity
disability identity is one that mark individuals as part of a group and as members of a minority sometimes subjected to marginalisation.
what is the medical model
sees disability as a medical problem, focusing on the limitations caused by the impairment. this approach leads to the defining of a disabled person by their disability or impairment. the problem I that this leads to a victim blaming mentality
what did Shakespeare say about learned helplessness
disabled people are often socialised into this way of seeing themselves as victims and that the person with impairment may have an investment in their own incapacity.
what is the disability social model
focuses on the social and physical barriers to inclusion that may exists. such as the design of building and public spaces that deny access to those with mobility problems. society is therefore the disabling factor
