H264 - Disability Models and Laws

Models of disability (5)

Tools for understanding

action guide

identify problems

government assistance

shape self identity for those with a disability

Religious moral model

Those who are religious believe that a disability is a sin

Biomedical Model

There’s a problem —> solve the problem

Social Security Administration

Funds programs for those with a disability

2 programs social security administration

supplemental insurance income and social security disability income

Social model

Disability is due to barriers created in society

Environmental model

physical/social environment affecting disability, US vs the rest of the world

Functional Model

Disability and Function work together, how a person performs ADL

Sociopolitical model

Independent living model, make society responsible for disability (insurance, education, poverty)

American’s With Disability Act ADA 1990

Prohibits discrimination for those with disability and creates equal opportunities for everyone

what is the ADA based off of ?

Functional/Sociopolitical Models

5 titles of the ADA

Title I Employment

Title II Public Service

Title III Public Accommodations

Title IV Telecommunications

Title V Miscellaneous Provisions

Title V Miscellaneous

Accessible historical sites and wilderness

Job accomodation

reasonable adjustment to work environment that makes it possible for an individual with a disability to perform job duties

Reasonable Accommodations

changes in work environment to help person with disability to perform a job (e.x. documentation from dr. helps person)

Entitlement to Accommodation

Must be employer with 15+ employees, be a person with disability, accommodations due to disability

Job Restructuring

Modifications to job

Reallocating

re-assess who can perform the job

Altering

Change the way a duty is performed

restructuring example

eliminate non essential tasks

Reassign example

make a person with a wheelchair service accessible sites

Undue Harship

Action requiring significant difficulty or expense, essentially accommodations that cannot be made in the workplace regardless of disability