Medical Social Model

Short report on medical and social models of disability,
Introduction
In the world of society today the majority of the population who has a disability(s) seeks help from professionals that can help individuals with their health problems, whether its physical problems or mental problems. The whole world is circling around these two models of medical and social models; the only confusion is which is more preferable.
I’ll start by distinguishing both models and giving their advantages and disadvantages, then I will be concluding on how they work together.
Medical Model
Medical model is the way the whole Individual is placed in the ‘medical’ area, where the individual is assessed throughout the body, per Suzanne’s notes this can be their health

So, in other words if a wheelchair user individual is unable to access entry to the building it is seen as the wheelchair is the problem and not the place. This medical approach is based on the belief that the difficulties an individual is suffering from is their responsibility and it is said that they should adopt to the environment, the focus is highlighted by the disability and not the person itself. The model focuses on the disadvantage provided by the physical and or mental impairments not in the environment they are in, these impairments causes the disability per the medical

Disability is a physical or mental condition that limits an individuals’ abilities such as movement, their senses and their activities of daily living.
With the help of (Chambers, 2016) I understood that the social model of disability views the problem as disabling barrier, the society being main enemy, as it disables people from doing what the want. The model suggests if the individuals suffers from a physical, sensory or learning impairment(s), the disability only occur when the society excludes the person because of their impairment, this model brings out many suggestion on that instead of looking at their disability the environment could be remodelled and reduce and ultimately remove the barriers, this is the task of the society and not the people with