THEO 1089 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Medical Model
30 Apr 2018
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TASKS:
- Establish background on Nancy Mairs and different scholarly approaches to disability.
- Trace the “same/other” binary
- Discuss Mairs’ push for courage
CLASS DISCUSSION:
Nancy Mairs (1943-2016)
- Catholic feminist creative writer
- Diagnosed with MS in her late 20s (right after college)
Approach to Disability
- Medical model - a disability is a negative abnormality with the individual; the hope
would be for a fix.
- Social model - a disability is a difference, which is made problematic by social
judgements that privilege the “temporarily able-bodied.”
Phenomenological model
- Centered around the question “How does the of experience disability present itself to a
person?”
- Can sort of accommodate a narrative or memoir style.
Carnal Acts - Nancy Mairs
The Same
- Refers to, in society, what we are comfortable with or what is normal.
- Social identities that are centered typically and considered normative and safe and
comfortable.
- Maybe in media, law, public policy, and whatever is considered for
mainstream social consumption.
- Ex. desirability for an able-body (sexual); strong
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Document Summary
Establish background on nancy mairs and different scholarly approaches to disability. Diagnosed with ms in her late 20s (right after college) Medical model - a disability is a negative abnormality with the individual; the hope would be for a fix. Social model - a disability is a difference, which is made problematic by social judgements that privilege the temporarily able-bodied. Centered around the question how does the of experience disability present itself to a person? . Can sort of accommodate a narrative or memoir style. Refers to, in society, what we are comfortable with or what is normal. Social identities that are centered typically and considered normative and safe and comfortable. Maybe in media, law, public policy, and whatever is considered for mainstream social consumption. Ex. desirability for an able-body (sexual); strong. Refers to a philosophical term referring to social identities that are marginalized and often silenced. Ex. do not want a disabled body (sexual); weak.
