DBST 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Medical Model, Social Relation

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: DBST 1001
• Professor: Zainab Amery

Document Summary

What is disability: disability is a construct and that it is contextual, gender, race. Medical model: views disability as a medical issue, (cid:862)(cid:272)uring(cid:863) disa(cid:271)ilit(cid:455, (cid:862)find it and fi(cid:454) it(cid:863, does not consider barriers. Disability as an individual tragedy: (cid:862)end their suffering(cid:863, charities attempt to cure disabled rather than support them. The rights model: disabled people work outside of the charity model, both positive and negative rights they took charge focuses on citizenship rights of all people including disabilities. Rehabilitation act: prohibits discrimation on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, section 501-504. The council of canadians with disabilities: the first draft of the canadian charter of rights did not include disabled people. Social model: union of the psychically impaired against segregation, social construct. Social relation model: builds on social model by incorporating a number of feminist critiques, three components: impairment, impairment effects and disability.