PSY345H5 Chapter Notes -Universal Design, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss
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Medical model - has two dimensions -> normalcy (absence of disease); pathology (alternation of organism as a result of disease) Pinel - disabled should be treated humanely but disability cannot be cured; no treatment will help them. Lock - at birth mind is a blank state, open to experience. Itard - worked with victor; leaning can occur even in people who are considered by professionals as hopeless. Wund - psychology is science of conscious experience. Barrier free facilities - buildings with no architectural obstructions so that the person with physical disability can move around freely and get to work or school. Fape - free and appropriate public education; provision under idea which requires that all eligible kids with disabilities are included in public education. Public law 99 - extended right to education to children btw 3 and 5; as well as toddlers below 2; right to assessment and ifsp.
