Identity - Disability Flashcards
How does the world health organisation define a disability
3
- Physical imp are meant
- Mental impairment
- Activity impairment
Medical model
•Focuses on limitations by impairment
•defines person by disability
Social model
•Disability socially constructed
•impairment - physical issue
-disability restrictions put in place by society
Shakespeares pros about the social model
2.
- Instalment of more ramps
- Positive outlook and helps disabled feel less like a nuance
Shakespeares cons about the social model
2.
- Lack of disabled role models
- Isolated from one another. Collective identity difficult
Stats on disability
•2/3 awkward with disabled
•43% don’t know anyone with disability
- maybe hidden disability
•1/5 not disabled
-Ridley 4/5 ‘not yet disabled’
Who said that 4/5 of people are not yet disabled
Ridley
Who said being disabled is discriminatory
Zola
FUNCTIONALISM
Views
Disagree society is to blame
-however like ramps and improvements - technology advancing society
MARXIST
Views
(2)
•Social model
•capitalism excluded disabled due to emphasis on labour
FEMINIST
Patriarchy disabled women - lack of childcare prevents opportunities
INTERACTIONIST VIEWS
Discrimination hurts self esteem
Disability is now master status. Self for filling prophesy as inferior
MEDIA
2
•British film industry - portray as useless
•Shakespeare - stereotypical portrayal and lack of research = lazy
EDUCATION
•medical model used - special schools
-social model slowly integrated
EDUCATION
Research on uni students
Hidden disabilities - had access to help but staff doubted disability / started to be treated differently
WORKPLACE
4
- Equality act
- Department of education - 1/20 employed
- People hide / downplay at work
- Ridley - overlooked at jobs
Changes in disability
4
- Equality act
- Disability discrimination act
- End the awkward
- Paralympics
