Model Of Disability

What is disability? The Disability and Discrimination Act defines disability as “a person with a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities” (Discrimination and Disability Act 7). With this definition, it can be said that societies’ version of disability is wrong. If one were to imagine a moment, when one sees a man booming right in front of one’s eyes, starting to have uncontrollable jitters running through his body, and looking at one and asking “what is the matter?” without even noticing, most of us start to think what is wrong with him. And furthermore, one will unconsciously prescribe him as abnormal or disabled. Such scenarios are common and

If the technological devices were to use in order to create an appropriate environment, then there would not be even in a need for a word “disabled.” Therefore, this paper acclaims that disability is more of a social fiction rather than a real entity. It is a social construct which humans impose.

I will start my paper differentiating between the medical model and the social model of disability. the social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organized, rather than by a person’s impairment or difference. In contrast, the medical model of disability links a disability diagnosis to an individual’s physical body. In other words, one sees the environment as the barrier, while one sees the physical body as

Although UCLA seeks to improve consciousness about disability while trying to reduce any stereotypes r biases among students, and general population, it also implicitly supports for the medical model of disability by having a very limited to almost no environmental control in classrooms and in/around campus. UCLA center for Accessible Education (CAE) facilitates academic accommodations for regularly enrolled students with disabilities. It “provides access to numerous educational opportunities available to students on our campus and empowers students to realize their academic potential.” Yet, does