Analysis Of Models Of The Disability Movement

There are two models that link with equality, diversity and inclusion, the first one is the social model of disability which views discrimination and prejudice as being embedded in today’s society, their attitude’s and their surrounding environment. The social model focuses on who the adult is as person not what their disability or diagnosis is, the focus is on how to improve and empower the individual’s life and lead a more independent life as possible. The second model is the medical model of disability which views adults has having an impairment or lacking in some way, this model focuses on impairments that the adult has and

In the book “The disability rights movement” I learned the history and process people with disabilities have been going through in order to obtain an equality of rights in the United States. The book was written by Doris Zames Fleisher and her sister Frieda Zames as a way of raising awareness of the reality of people with disabilities. Frieda Zames an activist in favor of the American disabilities act, wrote this book to tell the story of civil rights movement and to make people aware of the struggles that people with disabilities go through at the same time raising the word for equality. The book demonstrates how grievances regarding medical issues can be addressed in a democratic society by giving examples such as the life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As a significant figure in this movement, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president with disabilities, who contracted polio eleven years before he became president. He was a significant figure in the movement because he served as an example of the capabilities a person with a disabilities can have. He was also an advocate of

There are two models that link with equality, diversity and inclusion, the first one is the social model of disability which views discrimination and prejudice as being embedded in today’s society, their attitude’s and their surrounding environment. The social model focuses on who the adult is as person not what their disability or diagnosis is, the focus is on how to improve and empower the individual’s life and lead a more independent life as possible. The second model is the medical model of disability which views adults has having an impairment or lacking in some

1.1 Explain the importance of recognising the centrality of the individual rather than the disability

The medical model of disability views disabilities as a problem that belongs to the disabled person. It is not seen as a problem that needs the concern of anyone else apart from the disabled individual affected, for example if a wheelchair user is unable to get into a building because there are steps then, the wheelchair is seen as the problem not the steps, according to the medical model.

The development of different models of disability proposed diverse, and often opposite views on the relationships between the disabled people and the rest of the society (White et al., 2010). The ideas and models developed from the dependence model, that existed for a long time, to independent living model and transformation of the idea of caring for disabled (Cameron, 2014, p.21), to the idea of interdependence that, to some extent, is opposite to independence model (White et al., 2010).

Disability simulation is the process where an able-bodied individual assumes a position of the person with disability to try and understand what really happens in the life of a person with disability. It is offers experience that allows one to learn more about people living with disability and hopefully treat them better; have a change of perception. It gives ‘first hand’ experience on how life of person with disability really is. A day alternating as a person on the wheelchair and as assistant had so much to offer as will be illustrated below.

This journal seeks to expand on the social model of impairment, by exploring contributions that post-structuralism and phenomenology make to the shift in the ideology of the body. This change in the concept of the body, being an emancipatory concept as opposed to being a reactionary one, signals the development of the sociology of impairment. Hughes. B. and Paterson K. (1997) argue that social model of disabilities is not sufficient theoretical basis for emancipatory politics of identity. The sociology of the body and disability are moving in opposite directions in terms of epistemology, Disability going in the route of dualistic theoretical perspective,

Models such as the religious model, the medical/genetic model and the social/human rights model have had a huge impact on the way people with impairments are treated within society. Out of all the models the main model is the medical model, this model ascended together with and was fully sustained by the advances in sciences and medicine. The power was given to the medical professions to order the lives of those with impairments, (BRAIN.HE, 2006).

The two resources which I have chosen I feel reflect some of the contrasting models of disability which we have looked at in Units 1-4 of the course materials (E214, The Open University, 2010). The first resource comes from the National Autistic Society’s website and the second comes from the national newspaper The Guardian.

The article I read talked about the struggles for freedom within the disability rights movement. Prior to reading this article I never knew the depth of which individuals with disabilities struggled for freedom, I just assumed they had the freedoms we all do but had to work slightly harder. This article points out the aspects of lack of concern for disability and freedom, the minority status within disabilities, independent living movement for the disabled and how the disable handle work.

Although if this is not possible, then they should be placed in a specialised institution or isolated at home. The Medical Model also suggests it is fine to only meet the most basic needs of a disabled person, such as, ensuring they are fed and kept clean and any medical needs are met. There is no emphasis on making sure that the individual leads a satisfying or simulating life. The Medical Model not only disempowers the individual but it also totally disregards them as a valuable member of

Despite their distinctive agendas, advocates’ perspective for the disability rights movements remained similar. As a complex and diverse group, this movement is all about embracing individuals with a wide variety of disabilities. The right for the deaf is a significant goal that began primarily in the mid-18th century by individuals who had hearing impairments or hearing loss. To educate the deaf in the United States and in many other nations, numerous sign languages were used to carry out instruction and communication in schools. Students from schools eventually contributed in forming communities for the deaf on a local and national level. The American Sign Language was communicated and developed shortly after during the mid-19th century,

The word ‘disability’ has many definitions varying with the type of perspectives that give these definitions. For example, the first English Oxford dictionary definition states that disability is “a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities”. This definition is positioned around the element of the limitations that a disability induces. The second English Oxford dictionary definition, however, highlights the detriment of having a disability and legal identification of that disability,

Under the Medical Model, disabled people are defined by their illness or medical condition. The Medical Model regards disability as an individual problem.  It promotes the view of a disabled person as dependent and needing to be cured or cared for, and justifies the way in which disabled people have been systematically excluded from society.  The disabled person is the problem, not society.  Control resides firmly with professionals; choices for the individual are limited to the options provided and approved by the 'helping' expert.