Zusammenfassung der Ressource
SOCIAL MODEL OF DISABILITY
- disability defined as the social consequences of having an impairment
- disability awarness in action
- it is the enviro which
is disabling not the
persons impairment
- devised by group of
disabled accademics
concerned about barriers
to participation in society
they and others with
impairmnets experience in
their daily lives
- There are 3 barriers
- 1. ENVIROMENTAL
- the built
enviro
- can be seen as
an experssion of
societies
underlying
attitudes to
disability
- 2. ATTITUDINAL
- views non disabled
have about the
disabled
- can be internalised
by diasbled which
can cause further
barriers
- 3. STRUCTURAL
- the way society is
organised, i.e:
expectations held in
wrkplacewhich can
exclude s'one with an
impairment
- CASE STUDY
- Veronica:
MS sufferer,
wheelchair
user
- disabled by
- her condition,
building design (home), lack
of lifts(work),unhelpful
wrk practices,
low income,
attitudes and
behaviours of
others