HSS 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dwarfism, Malnutrition
27 Sep 2016
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September 9th, 2016
Week 1 Reading: Understanding disability. In World Report on Disability (p.1-17)
- Issues with disability become more acute as more people live to an old age
- People used to focus on separating people with disabilities (putting them into institutions) -> focus now has
shifted to solutions to include them into society
- What is disability?
o Idea has shifted from medical -> social perspective: people are disabled by society, not by their bodies
o Should not be viewed as one or the other, just be look at the different aspects
o Disability is the umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions,
referring to the negative aspects of the interaction between an individual (with a health condition) and
that idiidual’s otetual fatos (environmental and personal factors)
- Aspects:
o Environment
▪ Having wheelchair accessible buildings
▪ Changing the negative stigma against disability
o Diversity
▪ Ou iage of a disaled peso is usuall a
person in a wheelchair or a blind person
▪ Harmful because a disabled person could be any
gender, race, appearance etc.
o Prevention
▪ Primary prevention – actions to prevent cause of health problem
▪ Secondary prevention – actions to detect a health problem at an early stage
▪ Tertiary prevention – reduce impact of an already established disease
- Disability and Human Rights
o CRPD
▪ espet fo iheet digit, idiidual autoo iludig the feedo to ake oe’s o
choices, and independence of persons
▪ non-discrimination
▪ full and effective participation and inclusion in society
▪ respect for difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and
humanity
▪ equality of opportunity
▪ accessibility
▪ equality between men and women
▪ respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right of
children with disabilities to preserve their identities
o Coe essage is that people ith disailities should ot e osideed ojets to e aaged, ut
sujets deseig of eual espet ad ejoet of hua ights
- Disability and Development
o Onset of disability can lead to worsening of social/economic/well-being of an individual
▪ Children with disability are less likely to go to school
▪ People with disabilities likely get paid less and have extra costs associated with medical care
o On the other hand, poverty may lead to onset of disability
▪ Low birth rate
▪ Malnutrition
▪ Lack of drinking water
- Disability is not explicitly mentioned in the MDGs
ICF Categorization
Impairment: problems with body
function (paralysis, blindless)
Activity Limitations: difficulty in
executing activities (walking, eating)
Participation Restrictions: problems
with involvement in any area of life
(facing discrimination)
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Document Summary
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