Disability Studies 2202A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Disability Rights Movement, Marginal Cost, Social Security
16 Sep 2019
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Models of disability help to define impairment and provide a basis to devise strategies to meet the needs of pwd. These models are often incomplete, however they help to gain an understanding of issues that affect pwd. Models reveal how society provides/limits access to services, work, goods, and political power for pwd. They are influenced by two philosophies: seeing disabled people as being dependent upon society. Seeing disabled people as customers of what society has to offer. Results in empowerment, integration & equality of human rights. Models are not mutually exclusive or superior and inferior. They are a part of a continuum of social attitudes toward disability while helping w/ understanding and future development. According to the social model, disability is a consequence of environmental, attitudinal, and social barriers that prevent people with impairments from maximum participation in society (pg.
