W6 Flashcards
___________percent of people worldwide live with a disability.
Fifteen
The percentage of people with disability is expected__________as aging population continues.
Increase
One in five Americans are believed to have disability and mostly half of it are severe.
Many are limited in ability to work.
All disability are visible (True or False)
False
Individuals with disabilities are more likely than those without them to?
– Have more illnesses and greater health needs
– Be less likely to receive preventive health care and other social services
– Be more likely to suffer from poverty
Avoid making_________about people in this population.
assumptions
Some disabilities are associated with additional______________________
chronic health problems.
Other health disparity factors
– Fear
– Lack of understanding – Physical barriers
– Cost
Models/perceptions of disabilities that influence how disabilities are addressed in society:
– The moral model
– The medical model
– The rehabilitation model
– The disabilities (social) model
The moral model
– Views disabilities as sin
– Old model that persists in some cultures
– Individuals and their families may experience guilt, shame, denial of care.
– United Nations established Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities specifying fundamental right of access to care.
The ________ and ________ models view disabilities as problems requiring intervention to cure.
medical; rehabilitation
– Views disabilities as sin
– Old model that persists in some cultures
– Individuals and their families may experience guilt, shame, denial of care. – United Nations established Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities specifying fundamental right of access to care.
The moral model
Model that views disabilities as problems requiring intervention to cure
The medical and rehabilitation
The belief that people with disabilities must be “cured” has been criticized by advocates.
The medical and rehabilitation
Model that views disability as defect/sickness
Medical model
Model that views disability as deficiency
Rehabilitation model
– “A complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives.” (WHO, 2016)
– U.S. Social Security Administration defines disability in terms of an individual’s ability to work.
Disability
When was the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) enacted?
1990
The legislation has
extended civil rights protection to
millions of Americans who are disabled.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
defines a disability as a
physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the individual.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA
Since the late 1970s, ___________ and the ________ have encouraged people- or person-first language, which “puts the person before the disability” in writing and speech.
disabilities advocates; government
Has become controversial because some prefer identity-first language, which affirms what they see as an identity characteristic
The Language of Disabilities
● Since the late 1970s, disabilities advocates and the government have encouraged people- or person-first language, which “puts the person before the disability” in writing and speech.
– Recently, has become controversial because some prefer identity-first language, which affirms what they see as an identity characteristic
The Language of Disabilities
Guidelines of The Language of Disabilities
– Try to determine preference when writing about a group.
– Do not confuse disability with disease. – Unless one format is accepted by an entire group, avoid using one format exclusively.
– Do not make assumptions.
