disablity

• define disability


  a physical or mental impairment that has a long term effect on ones ability to carry out normal daytoday activites
• how was disability traditionally perceived

  associated with possessions by demons and witchcraft or impairments were regarded as punishment for their sins
• how does the biomedical view those with impairments

  as having a illness or disease compared to those regarded as normal
• what does the biomedical approach say 'the disabled' need

  treatment, rehabilitation and care to help normalise them
• the biomedical views disabled as a form of what..

  abnormality
• what do media images of disability link with

  abnormal, socially unacceptable behaviours
• or what else do media images of disability suggest

  that society has good reason to tear those with impairments especially those with mental or behavioural difficulties who display violent behaviours
• what does disability frequently have attached to it

  stigma- a demeaning mark of shame
• what can stigma around disability create

  a stigmatised identity- which is undesirable or demeaning identity which stops people from being fully accepted in society
• what does shakespeare argue

  disability should be seen as a social construction, and barriers that stop individuals being able to live their daily lives turn impairments into disabilities
• what does shakespeare argue that the problem is created by who..


  that the problem is created by society and not by the state of our bodies- due to discrimination
• give an example for shakespeares arguement


  for example, pavement parking and building design is difficult to access and in some cases impossible for those who are disabled
• where does finklestein argue disability comes from

  the industrial revolution
• why does finklestein argue that disability came from the industrial revolution

  because those with impairments werent able to work and were labelled disabled
• what does goffman believe

  that there are 2 types of stigma of disability
• name goffmans 2 types of stigma of disability

  discrediting

  discreditable
• what does goffman mean by discrediting and discreditable

  discrediting- certain disabilities are obvious which make it difficult to maintain normal social relations with people because of these cues
• what perspective is goffman


  interactionalist
• label--> self-concept-->master status-->


  self fufilling prophecy
• give an example of labelling

  for example, people see a wheelchair and it become them and people don't look at the person behind the disability
• what is the social models view on disability


  its caused by environmental and social factors that disable a person
• how does the biomedical approach view disability

  disability viewed as a biological abnormality that prevents a person with a disability from carrying out day-to-day activities
• what does the biomedical argue that disability is a consequence of

  of a health disease, condition or caused by trauma
• what does the biomedical approach state

  the person is the problem, personal tragedy