SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Reasonable Accommodation, Hearing Aid, Disability Insurance
22 Apr 2019
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Disability intersects with social class and other forms of inequality. Canadians with disabilities are more likely to experience unemployment or low income. Sociologists: how disability intersects with other sources of disadvantage. Discipline studies: 1908"s emerged as a result of social movements fighting for greater equality for people with disabilities individual/medical model versus social model: perceives disabilities in terms of impairment/limitations - emotional consequences for individuals. This framework places a lot of emphasis on the individual and the coping related to disabilities. Social model: focus on disability rather than impairment. Disability is about the social advantages ie. educational and economic - experienced due to impairment. Distinction made between impairment and disability (social disadvantages experienced) More comprehensive understanding - takes focus off just the individual. Explores the barriers to inclusion for persons with disabilities. Implications of the disability varies on the time of the onset of disability. Timing of onset of disability is important.
