SOC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ableism, Stereotype
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About 1 in 5 people in the us have some form of disability. 5% of children ages 5-17 have a disability. Defines disability in terms of some psychological impairment, due to genetic heritage, accident, or disease. Using this definition, the goal of health practitioners is to overcome or minimize the negative consequences of the disability. Makes people with disabilities dependent on medical professionals who dominate their lives: very regulating and controlling people take over all parts of their existence. Challenges the notion that disability is primarily a medical category. The real problem is not the physical, but the social; that is, how people with disabilities and the institutionalization of these views. Redirects attention away from the individual and places the problem back onto the collective responsibility of society. Rather than attempting to fix or change the person with the disability, a social model sets goals of removing social and environmental barriers.
