Models of disability

1. 1. Oldest Model

2. 2. Found in Religion

3. 3. Pre-Modern Paradigm

4. 4. Less Common Today

5. 5. Disability = is an act of God - a punishment for sin

6. 6. Disability is punitive, tragic, reflection of guilt, source of shame

1. 1. Disability is a consequence

2. 2. Prevents maximum participation in society

3. 3. Disability is the result of inequality

4. 4. Model created by people who have disabilities

5. 5. Originates in the US civil rights movement

6. 6. Society and social systems must change for equity

1. 1. People with disabilities are sick/impaired

2. 2. People with disabilities need to be cured, fixed, and cared for

3. 3. People with disabilities need medical intervention/therapy

1. 1. People with disabilities are treated as objects

2. 2. People with disabilities need to be cared for and/or supported by others

3. 3. People with disabilities need support from adults or people without disabilities

4. 4. Helpless

1. 1. Offshoot of Medical Model

2. 2. Professionals identify the impairment and its limitations

3. 3. Professionals take actions to improve the position of the person with the disability

4. 4. Roles of fixer and fixee

5. 5. Over-active "provider" for a more passive "client"

Common language for Moral/Religious Model (8)

impairment, deficit, normal/abnormal, regular/special, handicapped, suffering from, inflicted with, afflicted by, wheelchair bound, wrong, cure, fixed

Social Model Language (5)