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Flashcards in disability Deck (17)
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1
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disability

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consequence of impairment that may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional or developmental. that could occur from birth or during someones life

2
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amount of people disabled

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1/5

3
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Oliver

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  • 1990

- society is organised round an able bodied structure that constructs disability as a deficit

4
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medical model

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locates disability within the individual and the focus is the cure, so helps people to adapt to society

5
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social model

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society has failed to adapt to the needs of the disabled person

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dual model

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takes into account the individual and social factors

7
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empowerment model

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focuses on improving the individuals self esteem

8
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Waddell

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the medical model implies the disabled person is the passive victim

9
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Parsons

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  • disability is a social state and form of deviance

- threatens the organic analogy

10
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Sick role

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  • exempt from normal social roles
  • must seek medical help
  • they aren’t responsible for being sick
11
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Doctor role

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  • acts as a gatekeeper to decide who is legitimately sick
12
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Engels

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  • cripples are due to poor working conditions

- bourgeoisie causes starvation due to unequal distribution of wealth

13
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Doyal

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  • 1979

- there’s a relationship between capitalism and impairment

14
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Finkelstein

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negative attitude towards disability is due to capitalisms emphasis on work as a source of identity and power

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Salway

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disabled people can’t retain paid work in which employment is a source of validation

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Goffman

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  • master status is the all defining characteristic

- able bodied people negatively stigmatise disabled people

17
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Shakespeare

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  • 1996
  • they need positive role models in the media
  • able bodied people react with pity and awkwardness