Module 1: Introduction

Question 1

Ugly laws time period

Answer 1

-17th-18th century

Question 2

Ugly laws

Answer 2

-community care reduced
-sought to control public begging
-intersected with racist policies “hygeine” etc

Question 3

Charitable model time period

Answer 3

-mid 20th century

Question 4

Charitable model

Answer 4

-focuses on need to be a recipient
-mission to help victims and objects of pity

Question 5

Economic model time period

Answer 5

-mid 20th century

Question 6

Economic model

Answer 6

-gave rise to programs and services for those who did not work (disability pensions)
-doesn’t honour the contributions that persons with disabilities can make

Question 7

Sociological model time period

Answer 7

-1950-1960s

Question 8

Sociological model

Answer 8

-social ideal of full employment, home ownership, higher education etc

Question 9

Biomedical model time period

Answer 9

-1960-1980s

Question 10

Biomedical model

Answer 10

-focuses on impairment, flaw, fault within the person that can be corrected
-assumes people are sick and require care, protection and sympathy

Question 11

Independent living approach time period

Answer 11

-1900s-now

Question 12

Independent living approach

Answer 12

-range of choices became available for persons with disabilities
-independent and full community participation

Question 13

Social model time period

Answer 13

-1990s-now

Question 14

Social model

Answer 14

-disability results from society, not impairment
-aims to remove all barriers that create inequities
-however a barrier free universe in unattainable

Question 15

Biopsychosocial model time period

Answer 15

-1990s-now

Question 16

Biopsychosocial model

Answer 16

-reconciles limitations of both medical and social models
-however offers no objective of who does and doesnt have a disability

Question 17

Capabilities approach

Answer 17

-free to live life as one chooses

Question 18

Affirmation model

Answer 18

-freedom from norms, disability is something worth celebrating

Question 19

Qualities of a good definition

Answer 19

-underlying health condition
-inability to perform some important function or role
-describes disability as a universal phenomenon
-must align with current knowledge, practice and ideology
-is either context free or context dependent
-recognize that disability does not look or act the same way in every person