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Conversations about Disability Introduction In this essay I would like to discuss the definition of disability with focus on medical, economic and socio –political models, evolution, and history of disability care, disability rights movements, marginalisation, oppression and barriers and strategies to dismantle barriers .I will illustrate these with the clear understanding of the concepts illustrated by Simi Linton, Colin Barnes and Lennard Davis. If you look at the evolution of disability –the people with disabilities were excluded totally from their communities they were beyond the boundaries of what was acceptable, decent and normal in their communities .Then the charities started taking care of people with disabilities and later the Government started to care for people with disabilities by building institutions and eventually the institutions were pulled down .At one point the government thought the Sheltered workshops were an alternative to include people with disabilities .In 2013 the revolutionary model of NDIS is introduced for private market to offer consumer choice and control to people with disabilities . Firstly, let’s look at the history of the disability .We live in a world of norms .Everyone tries to be normal. The focus on construction of disability as on the construction of normalcy .The problem is the way that normalcy is constructed to create the problem of the disabled person .There is an inherent desire to compare to others .Norm is less a condition of human nature than it is feature of a certain kind of society .The social problem of disabling arrived with industrialisation in 19th century .Disabling was related to nationality, race, gender, criminality, sexual orientation and colour. The co... ... middle of paper ... ...standing our past, changing our future: London: Routledge Dreidger D (1989) The Civil Rights Movement London: Hurst Barnes C (1991) Disabled People in Britain and discrimination: London Hurst and Co Tulloch.S. ed 1993 The Readers Digest Oxford Word Finder, Oxford Hunt, Paul 1998.” A critical condition “Pp.7-19 in the Disability Reader: Social Science Perspective, edited by Tom Shakespeare .London and New York: Cassell Donna McDonald (2014) what we need to know to get ready for the NDIS, Queensland Disability Conference march 2014. Union of Physically Impaired against Segregation (UPIAS).1976.Fundamental principles of Disability .London: Union of the Physically Impaired against Segregation. Lennard J Davis –Chapter 1 of Disability Studies Journal-http://glmw.info.soc.dis/files/1.pdf Marx Karl, (1970), Capital, Vol 1 Trans .Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling
Baynton, Douglas. "Disability and Justification of Inequality in American History." The New Disability History. New York: New York University Press, 2001. 285-294. Print.
Disability is a ‘complex issue’ (Alperstein, M., Atkins, S., Bately, K., Coetzee, D., Duncan, M., Ferguson, G., Geiger, M. Hewett, G., et al.., 2009: 239) which affects a large percentage of the world’s population. Due to it being complex, one can say that disability depends on one’s perspective (Alperstein et al., 2009: 239). In this essay, I will draw on Dylan Alcott’s disability and use his story to further explain the four models of disability being The Traditional Model, The Medical Model, The Social Model and The Integrated Model of Disability. Through this, I will reflect on my thoughts and feelings in response to Dylan’s story as well as to draw on this task and my new found knowledge of disability in aiding me to become
Shakespeare, T. (1993) Disabled people's self-organisation: a new social movement?, Disability, Handicap & Society, 8, pp. 249-264 .
The two essays “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs and “A Plague of Tics” by David Sedaris are excellent pieces of work that share many similarities. This paper would reflect on these similarities particularly in terms of the author, message and the targeted audience. On an everyday basis, people view those with disabilities in a different light and make them conscious at every step. This may be done without a conscious realisation but then it is probably human nature to observe and notice things that deviate from the normal in a society. In a way people are conditioned to look negatively at those individuals who are different in the conventional
... the Making of Identities of Disability in Hypatia Vol. 17, No. 3, Feminism and Disability, Part 2, 2002, pp. 67-88. Blackwell Publishing on behalf of Hypatia, Inc.
"Disability the facts." New Internationalist Nov. 2013: 20+. Advanced Placement Government and Social Studies Collection. Web. 27 May 2014.
It could be said that in modern industrial society, Disability is still widely regarded as tragic individual failing, in which its “victims” require care, sympathy and medical diagnosis. Whilst medical science has served to improve and enhance the quality of life for many it could be argued that it has also led to further segregation and separation of many individuals. This could be caused by its insistence on labelling one as “sick”, “abnormal” or “mental”. Consequently, what this act of labelling and diagnosing has done, is enforce the societal view that a disability is an abnormality that requires treatment and that any of its “victims” should do what is required to be able to function in society as an able bodied individual.
The social stigma that facing the mentally disabled has left many with a fleeting hope for Justice. The disabled experience a shameful exclusion wherever they go. Whether applying for jobs, living independently or even in the prison system, the mentally disabled are discriminated by societal laws; they have been cast aside as, "useless eaters" ( NAZI CITATION) and have been marginalized and oppressed for years. To marginalize is to regulate to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group. Even with laws in place to help compensate for disabilities, we continue to see oppression carried out illegally, and it often goes unchecked and overlooked. For the culture of the disabled, it often seems like an uphill battle, with many suffering injustice in everyday life. I was very lucky this Tuesday to listen to Amber Cheek, who works to ensure full inclusion
The most interesting topic discussed in chapter seven is the sections concerning the medical and social models of disability. I find the difference of the focus of the two models very interesting because one leads to a very different perspective of disability than the other. I find myself aligning more with the thought that both models have to exist in order for the full understanding of disability to come into view. In other words, I do not completely agree nor disagree with either model. To explain, as the medical model is based off of the ideology of normality, which suggests that being in a normal state of good health is the standard for which to base off any deviance or sickness, a definition of normal is required. A definition of good
The World Health Organisation, WHO, (1980) defines disability in the medical model as a physical or mental impairment that restricts participation in an activity that a ‘normal’ human being would partake, due to a lack of ability to perform the task . Michigan Disability Rights Coalition (n.d.) states that the medical model emphasizes that there is a problem regarding the abilities of the individual. They argue that the condition of the disabled persons is solely ‘medical’ and as a result the focus is to cure and provide treatment to disabled people (Michigan Disability Rights Coalition, 2014). In the medical model, issues of disability are dealt with according to defined government structures and policies and are seen as a separate issue from ordinary communal concerns (Emmet, 2005: 69). According to Enabling Teachers and Trainers to Improve the Accessibility of Adult Education (2008) people with disabilities largely disa...
In the essay “Disability,” Nancy Mairs discusses the lack of media attention for the disabled, writing: “To depict disabled people in the ordinary activities of life is to admit that there is something ordinary about disability itself, that it may enter anyone’s life.” An ordinary person has very little exposure to the disabled, and therefore can only draw conclusions from what is seen in the media. As soon as people can picture the disabled as regular people with a debilitating condition, they can begin to respect them and see to their needs without it seeming like an afterthought or a burden. As Mairs wrote: “The fact is that ours is the only minority you can join involuntarily, without warning, at any time.” Looking at the issue from this angle, it is easy to see that many disabled people were ordinary people prior to some sort of accident. Mairs develops this po...
“A History of Disability: From 1050 to the Present Day.” English Heritage. n.p., n.d. Web. 4
...eglected social issues in recent history (Barlow). People with disabilities often face societal barriers and disability evokes negative perceptions and discrimination in society. As a result of the stigma associated with disability, persons with disabilities are generally excluded from education, employment, and community life which deprives them of opportunities essential to their social development, health and well-being (Stefan). It is such barriers and discrimination that actually set people apart from society, in many cases making them a burden to the community. The ideas and concepts of equality and full participation for persons with disabilities have been developed very far on paper, but not in reality (Wallace). The government can make numerous laws against discrimination, but this does not change the way that people with disabilities are judged in society.
Disability: Any person who has a mental or physical deterioration that initially limits one or more major everyday life activities. Millions of people all over the world, are faced with discrimination, the con of being unprotected by the law, and are not able to participate in the human rights everyone is meant to have. For hundreds of years, humans with disabilities are constantly referred to as different, retarded, or weird. They have been stripped of their basic human rights; born free and are equal in dignity and rights, have the right to life, shall not be a victim of torture or cruelty, right to own property, free in opinion and expression, freedom of taking part in government, right in general education, and right of employment opportunities. Once the 20th century
French, S. & Swain, J. 2008. Understanding Disability: A Guide for Health Professionals. Philadelphia: Churchilll Livingstone Elsevier: 4