PSYC 1F90 Lecture 10: Lecture 10 Ability_Disability.doc
14 Apr 2013
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Week 10 ability/disability: discussion of grading of assignments. Diversity in people"s physical and mental ways of being. Categorize certain ways of being as better or worse. Not seeing the full person just see the disability not any of the interests. Stigmatized: effects of categorizing disability, individualizing western civilization really focuses on the individual, individual identity tend to see people as completely unique. 2)individual-focused definition: any restriction or lack (resulting from any impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being (world health organization, 1976: social model. *winnie the witch : social model proposal. From disability stems from surroundings and contexts (going to lecture hall with stairs in a wheel chair) Need to fix the system, not the person. Biopyschosocial: looks at the whole person in their social context. Universal we all have the chance of being disabled through accident, etc.
