Medical Model.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:46:52
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 5 pages (1414 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 5 pages (1414 words)
People with disabilities have been portrayed as abnormal, deserving of pity and not as individuals who are entitled to enjoy the same opportunities to live a full and satisfying life as other members of society. This approach has also been accompanied by a way of thinking about disability (known as the 'medical model' of disability, among other names) which has been described in the following terms:
"Disability tends to be couched within a medical and …
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