Social model of disability

A short government advisory animation on the social model of disability

The social model of disability identifies systemic barriers, derogatory attitudes, and social exclusion (intentional or inadvertent), which make it difficult or impossible for disabled people to attain their valued functionings. The social model of disability diverges from the dominant medical model of disability, which is a functional analysis of the body as a machine to be fixed in order to conform with normative values.[1] The medical model of disability carries with it a negative connotation, with negative labels associated with disabled people.[2] The social model of disability seeks to challenge power imbalances within society between differently-abled people and seeks to redefine what disability means as a diverse expression of human life.[3] While physical, sensory, intellectual, or psychological variations may result in individual functional differences, these do not necessarily have to lead to disability unless society fails to take account of and include people intentionally with respect to their individual needs. The origin of the approach can be traced to the 1960s, and the specific term emerged from the United Kingdom in the 1980s.

The social model of disability is based on a distinction between the terms impairment and disability. In this model, the word impairment is used to refer to the actual attributes (or lack of attributes) that affect a person, such as the inability to walk or breathe independently. It seeks to redefine disability to refer to the restrictions caused by society when it does not give equitable social and structural support according to disabled peoples' structural needs.[4] As a simple example, if a person is unable to climb stairs, the medical model focuses on making the individual physically able to climb stairs. The social model tries to make stair-climbing unnecessary, such as by making society adapt to their needs, and assist them by replacing the stairs with a wheelchair-accessible ramp.[5] According to the social model, the person remains disabled with respect to climbing stairs, but the disability is negligible and no longer disabling in that scenario, because the person can get to the same locations without climbing any stairs.[6]

It celebrates a non-conformist approach to the concept of disability and confronts deficit thinking of disability, which is argued to sit alongside the lines of activism and identity of pride for individuals with disabilities.[7]

  1. ^ Paley, John (1 October 2002). "The Cartesian melodrama in nursing". Nursing Philosophy. 3 (3): 189–192. doi:10.1046/j.1466-769X.2002.00113.x.
  2. ^ Barton, Len (1996). Disability and Society (1st ed.). London, United Kingdom: Routledge. pp. 3–17. ISBN 9781315841984.
  3. ^ Lid, Inger Marie (June 2014). "Universal Design and disability: an interdisciplinary perspective". Disability and Rehabilitation. 36 (16): 1344–1349. doi:10.3109/09638288.2014.931472. PMID 24954388 – via Taylor & Francis.
  4. ^ Pam Thomas; Lorraine Gradwell; Natalie Markham (July 1997). "Defining Impairment within the Social Model of Disability" (PDF). GMCDP's Coalition Magazine. Centre for Disability Studies. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Social model of disability". Scope UK. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ Winter, Jerry Allan (2003). "The Development of the Disability Rights Movement as a Social Problem Solver". Disability Studies Quarterly. 23 (1). doi:10.18061/dsq.v23i1.399. S2CID 142986957. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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Social model of disability

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