Medical Model
Activity limitations seen as a direct consequence of an underlying disease/disorder
Disability only reduced by treating the medical condition
What is the Disability Coping Model?
1) Medical Model
2) Social Model
3) Psychological Model
Each contribute to broader understanding and achieving better medical, social and psychological outcomes for patients
Social Model
Emphasises that activity limitations result from social and environmental constraints - inaccessibility of buildings
Psychological Model
Activities performed or not performed by a health condition are influenced by the same pscyhological processes that affect the performance of these behaviours by non disabled people