HSS 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Biopsychosocial Model, Intercultural Competence, Collective Identity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 3103
• Professor: Alessandra Iozzo

Document Summary

Absence of universal human rights means that services, policies and programs could be grounded in concepts that are discriminatory. Eleanor roosevelt chaired the united declaration of human rights in 1948. However, some things were missing (ex in article 2: no inclusion of gender, sexuality: remember: social constructions are socially and geographically specific. First standalone discussion about people with disabilities; call to action at national & international level. Makes it political and about human rights: by focusing on this theme, the international year of disabled persons opened up a field where a new. What did this prompt? political approach could be applied to understandings of disability. Shift away from improving an individual person to their surrounding environment: shift towards identifying obstacles and barriers in society. What is preventing the full participation and equality of people with disabilities? (reflection of social model) Disabled people began to get a voice: organizations representing right of self-representations.