Disability

Question 1

How many people in the uk have a disability

Answer 1

16.1 million
24% of total population
45% state pension age
11% of children

Question 2

What are some invisible disabilities

Answer 2

• neurodivergence’s
• cognitive impairments
• hearing and vision
• speech impairments
• energy limiting conditions like fibromyalgia

Question 3

What does the traditional biomedical model of disability suggest?

Answer 3

• individuals with impairment are deviations from the normal
• the medical aim is to prevent or treat the impairment to return the disabled state of normal functioning

Question 4

What does the charity model of disability

Answer 4

Treats the disabled person as being passive without agency
Risks dependency
Focuses on sympathy and personal tradgedy

Question 5

Social model of disability

Answer 5

• rejects impairment as inevitable cause of disability
• the barriers in society are what cause disability
• societies inability to accommodate difference
• relationship between disease and society
• focuses social structure and risk factors and highlights focus for change

Question 6

Biomedical model of disability

Answer 6

Locates the cause of disease
Health is a biological process
Genetic and risk factor focus
Highlights risk behaviours and individual behavioural change

Question 8

What is the 2010 equality act

Answer 8

• states a person is disabled if they have a physical/mental impairment which has a substantial and long term negative affect on ADLs
• from the social model
• protection of disabled people from discrimination and victimisation
• all public sector services must make reasonable adjustments to ensure everyone can access

Question 9

What barriers to healthcare can people with autism face?

Answer 9

• contact difficulties - phone calls
• attending, not knowing what to expect, overstimulation
• triggering waiting room environment
• communication issues with staff