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Models of Disability
Medical Model
Disabled people, once organised in a movement
identified two Models or ways of explaining disability. One created by doctors
and other health professionals sees the "problems" in disabled peoples
lives as a result of their impairment. The solution is the treatment or cure
of the individual. This is called the Medical model.
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Social Model
The second model, created by disabled people sees the problem caused by the
way society responds to their needs. By creating barriers in buildings and
structures or by not producing information in different formats such as Braille,
people with impairments are disabled.
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