SWRK 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: World Health Organization, Invisible Disability, Ableism
24 Feb 2016
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Friday, october 30: social work with persons with disabilities. Msw and msw at mcgill center from research in families teaches. Working with disabilities how it has been understood over time. Ashamed of disability and try to cover up. Underlying reasons for those views history already put them down - put them in asylums - history shows this thinking everyone has to be productive - disabled ppl are seen as a burden. Moral model (disability is sin of person or family, weakness of character ) Medial model could be missing main diseases, if you categorize and label ppl, they miss diagnosis gives access to services rare diseases and disabilities. gatekeeping functions of medical professionals. Medical prof at the center of welfare system goals of cure or normality. Ableism normal is the standard. discrimination- oppl with physical and mental ability belief that people with no disabilities are superior. Stigma effects creates fear environments of blame benevolent authoritarianism (babies)
