disability
consequence of impairment that may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional or developmental. that could occur from birth or during someones life
amount of people disabled
1/5
Oliver
- 1990
- society is organised round an able bodied structure that constructs disability as a deficit
medical model
locates disability within the individual and the focus is the cure, so helps people to adapt to society
social model
society has failed to adapt to the needs of the disabled person
dual model
takes into account the individual and social factors
empowerment model
focuses on improving the individuals self esteem
Waddell
the medical model implies the disabled person is the passive victim
Parsons
- disability is a social state and form of deviance
- threatens the organic analogy
Sick role
- exempt from normal social roles
- must seek medical help
- they aren’t responsible for being sick
Doctor role
- acts as a gatekeeper to decide who is legitimately sick
Engels
- cripples are due to poor working conditions
- bourgeoisie causes starvation due to unequal distribution of wealth
Doyal
- 1979
- there’s a relationship between capitalism and impairment
Finkelstein
negative attitude towards disability is due to capitalisms emphasis on work as a source of identity and power
Salway
disabled people can’t retain paid work in which employment is a source of validation
Goffman
- master status is the all defining characteristic
- able bodied people negatively stigmatise disabled people
Shakespeare
- 1996
- they need positive role models in the media
- able bodied people react with pity and awkwardness
