Disability Studies 1010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ableism, Lip Reading, Ahold

• School: Western University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: Disability Studies 1010A/B
• Professor: Jeff Preston

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Lecture 2 the models of disability studies. Hello, my name is labels, language, and disability. Who has put together two pieces of international legislation which was a long process. Impairment is within the person, while disability is derived from and caused by the impairment. Validates disability as something that can affect everyone. Less interested in medical diagnosis and prognosis, and more interested in what effect this has on an individual while moving away from a disease focus. Problematic because it is an organization of doctors and has no control over governments. We have changed the language, but have not actually tackled the problems. This divide is growing and continues to be discussed. Many people who use identity first language do it to remind society how they choose to identify them, while embracing the disability is another reason. Takes the approach of centering the individual. Confined to a wheelchair implies isolation and being trapped. Going to bomb the people of germany.