HLST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Physical Therapy, Gross Domestic Product, Talcott Parsons
25 Feb 2015
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Inclusion of people with disability are tend to be viewed as private responsibility. Individuals with a disability are compared with bio-medically constructed idea of what is normal. Increases to public benefits has led the medical profession as a gatekeeper. Chapter 14- constructing disability and illness: access to education, financial benefits, mobility aids and devices, and rehabilitation are assessed to determine a person"s needs based on criteria evaluation. Individual"s physical and mental limitation can be lessened when environments are appropriately adapted to enable participation: this approach is grounded in disability discrimination. Biomedical approach- disability is due to an individual"s abnormality and the extent of his or her functional limitations. Functional approach- disability is a pathology that is best treated with services that enable the individual to become as socially functional as possible. Environmental approach- disability arises from the failure of ordinary environments to accommodate people"s difference.
