Models of Disability Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering the ten models of disability presented in the lecture notes.

Moral model

A model of disability where disability is regarded as a punishment from God for a particular sin, a test of faith to redeem oneself, or a metaphysical blessing demonstrating a special calling, often resulting in social exclusion.

Medical model

A model of disability that views disability as a medical problem caused by a defect in or failure of a bodily system, focusing exclusively on physical limitations with goals of cure, amelioration, and rehabilitation.

Social model

A model asserting that it is society that disables people with impairments through physical and social environmental barriers, proposing societal change as the solution.

Biopsychosocial model

A model that integrates both the medical and social models, positing that disability results from a combination of biological, personal, and social forces.

Identity model

A model that views disability as a positive identity, promoting disability pride in embracing one's body or mind as it is and using identity-first language rather than seeking a cure.

Human rights model

A model emphasizing the human dignity of persons with disabilities (PWDs), offering constructive proposals to improve their life situation, and viewing properly formulated prevention policies as human rights protection.

Cultural model

A model framing people with disabilities as a group sharing a distinct identity, including unique traditions, culture, and language, such as the Deaf community.

Charity model

A model depicting persons with disabilities as pitiable, helpless, depressed, and dependent victims of circumstance who should be assisted by able-bodied people.

Economic model

A model that defines disability by an individual's inability to work and its impact on financial status, productivity, and job needs, frequently utilized by governments to formulate disability policy.

The limits model

A model emphasizing that all human beings experience some level of limitation in everyday life and advocating that human limits need not be viewed as negative.