EEX 3093 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Economic Model, Subtyping, Old Age

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23% of the us population is disabled (73 million people) Janitors, sales workers, truck drivers, cashiers, retail sales, laborers, secretaries, health aides, cooks, maids. About 35% of persons with disabilities have part time or full time employment. Social model of disability: the environment is inaccessible (buildings, services, communication, language, attitudes are inhibiting (prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination, organizations are inflexible [procedures, policies, practices] Religious-moral model: disability (cid:373)ight be a pu(cid:374)ish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t for past (cid:862)si(cid:374)s(cid:863) or (cid:862)e(cid:448)il spirits(cid:863, disability might be interpreted as a necessary affliction before some future spiritual reward. Economic model: disability is defi(cid:374)ed by a perso(cid:374)"s i(cid:374)ability to (cid:449)ork, used to policy makers to assess distribution to support. Customer-empowering model: opposite of the expert model, the clients decide and select what services they believe are appropriate. Prejudice: attitude with an emotional response, attitude may be positive/negative. In our current language use, prejudice is a hostile or negative attitude toward a group of people based solely on their membership in that group.

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