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What is the medical model of disability? - ✔✔It presumes that
disability is based on the condition a person has and that the appropriate
response is to treat/cure/mamage it with professional help
What is a weakness/problem with the medical model of disability? -
✔✔It neglects the social/environmental aspects of disability
What is the social model of disability? - ✔✔It argues that disability is a
socially created problem caused by a collection of social/environmental
issues, not the individual
What is a weakness/problem with the social model of disability? - ✔✔It
neglects the physical aspects of disability
,What is the biopsychosocial model of disability? - ✔✔Formulated by
the WHO in 2002, it synthesizes the medical and social models by
considering the interplay of social, individual, and physical conditions.
What is the economic model? - ✔✔It defines disability as a person's
inability to work. It assess the degree to which the condition affects
individual's productivity, employer profits, and government welfare
payments.
What is the functional solutions model? - ✔✔It focuses on the the
limitations/impairments a disability causes, and seeks to provide
solutions to them via innovation and entrepreneurship.
What is a weakness/problem with the functional solutions model? -
✔✔It puts little emphasis on the sociopolitical emphasis
Social Identity/Cultural Affiliation Model - ✔✔It frames disability as a
point of pride, something one can use to seek community with others in.
,What is a weakness/problem of the social identity model? - ✔✔It can
lead to feelings of exclusion due to in/out group thinking
What is the charity model? - ✔✔It presents those with disabilities as
unfortunate and needy, while those who help them are kind and
generous.
What is a strength/positive to the charity model? - ✔✔It can lead to
time and resources being given to those that need the help
What is a weakness of the charity model? - ✔✔It can be condescending
and stigmatizing to those who are more self-capable
What are visual disabilities? - ✔✔A set of conditions that affect one's
visual perception in some way, whether total or complete blindness or
color blindness
What are barriers that those with a visual disability might experience? -
✔✔Lack of alt text for images
Lack of audio format for printed material
, No redundancy coding
Lack of audio descriptions for video
What are auditory disabilities? - ✔✔A set of conditions that affect one's
perception of sound that can range from partial to total hearing loss, or
central auditory processing disorder
What are barriers that those with an auditory disability might
experience? - ✔✔Lack of sign language interpreters, lack of captions or
transcripts, interfaces that require voice input
What is deaf-blindness? - ✔✔A rare condition where someone could be
near/totally deaf and blind, requiring touch to be their primary mode of
interaction
What are barriers that an individual who is deaf-blind might experience?
- ✔✔Lack of printed braille, lack of physical sign language interpreter,
lack of output for a braille keyboard