Kinesiology 2230A/B Lecture 1: Models of Disability
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Professor p. cushing, disability studies director, king"s @ western u. Im advocates focus on: impairment/ biology, impairment as a deficit, loss, gap, impairment as the problem to be corrected via: prevention, Sm advocates focus on: disability not = impairment, disablement is a process, socially constructed meanings of disability exacerbate impairment, can be gift, capacity, or diversity. Disability as individual/personal problem, with individualized or medical solutions: individual must change. Disability is a societal problem where the most effective solutions require. Society-fixing : disability as a personal tragedy, only remedy to overcome/fix, = dp"s need care/charity, disablement as experience of social oppression (accept or work on impairment only part of story, remedy is societal change, = dp"s need rights/policy /laws. Expertise & control of decisions is dominated by professionals ; legalistic, paternalistic frame. Support more voice, choice, & inclusion in decision processes as valued. Impairment experienced as individual flaw (master status of identity)