Disability

• When was the Disability Discrimination Act passed, giving disabled ppl enforceable rights & legal protection?

  1995
• What are the 2 models used to understand disability in society?

  Medical + social modal
• How does the medical model view disability?

  • As a medical issue
  • Focusses on limitations caused by impairment > ppl are defined by their disability
• What problem can the medical model lead to?

  'Victim blaming' mentality
• What is a 'Victim blaming' mentality?

  The problem is due to a disabled person, NOT the society that can't meet their needs
• How does Shakespeare say that the 'victim mentality' is created?


  Disabled ppl are socialised into seeing themselves as victims
• How does the social model view disability?

  • It focuses on the social/physical barriers to inclusion e.g. buildings with no lifts
  • SOCIETY is the disabling factor
• What were the 4 obstacles that Shakespeare said prevented disabled ppl from forming +ve identities?


  1. Lack of +ve role models
  2. Feelings of pity + awkwardness from able-bodied ppl
  3. Isolation from other disabled ppl
  4. They're socialised into seeing themselves as inferior
• What is a master status?

  When being disabled transcends all other aspects of identity and thats all they're seen as
• What leads up to the formation of a master status?

  The -ve stigma of being disabled affects all interactions between the disabled person + others
• What did Zola say about the way disabled ppl are referred to?


  It's borrowed from discriminatory vocab from able-bodied society
• What is 'learned helplessness'?

  Concept where a person feels powerless to change a situation & fails to take action, even when they actually can.
• What positive thing did Muragami say about the disabled identity?


  Disabled ppl can construct an identity that accepts their condition BUT is INDEPENDENT of it - so disability is just a characteristic
• M_______ said that disabled ppl base their identity off of what they ___ __, rather than their disability.

  Muragami - can do
• Who said that ppl downplay their disability bc they fear rejection, leading to low self-esteem?

  Keating & Santuzzi