What is the medical model of disability? - Answers -It presumes that disability is based
on the condition a person has and that the appropriate response is to
treat/cure/mamage it with professional help
What is a weakness/problem with the medical model of disability? - Answers -It neglects
the social/environmental aspects of disability
What is the social model of disability? - Answers -It argues that disability is a socially
created problem caused by a collection of social/environmental issues, not the
individual
What is a weakness/problem with the social model of disability? - Answers -It neglects
the physical aspects of disability
What is the biopsychosocial model of disability? - Answers -Formulated by the WHO in
2002, it synthesizes the medical and social models by considering the interplay of
social, individual, and physical conditions.
What is the economic model? - Answers -It defines disability as a person's inability to
work. It assess the degree to which the condition affects individual's productivity,
employer profits, and government welfare payments.
What is the functional solutions model? - Answers -It focuses on the the
limitations/impairments a disability causes, and seeks to provide solutions to them via
innovation and entrepreneurship.
What is a weakness/problem with the functional solutions model? - Answers -It puts little
emphasis on the sociopolitical emphasis
Social Identity/Cultural Affiliation Model - Answers -It frames disability as a point of
pride, something one can use to seek community with others in.
What is a weakness/problem of the social identity model? - Answers -It can lead to
feelings of exclusion due to in/out group thinking
What is the charity model? - Answers -It presents those with disabilities as unfortunate
and needy, while those who help them are kind and generous.
What is a strength/positive to the charity model? - Answers -It can lead to time and
resources being given to those that need the help
, What is a weakness of the charity model? - Answers -It can be condescending and
stigmatizing to those who are more self-capable
What are visual disabilities? - Answers -A set of conditions that affect one's visual
perception in some way, whether total or complete blindness or color blindness
What are barriers that those with a visual disability might experience? - Answers -Lack
of alt text for images
Lack of audio format for printed material
No redundancy coding
Lack of audio descriptions for video
What are auditory disabilities? - Answers -A set of conditions that affect one's
perception of sound that can range from partial to total hearing loss, or central auditory
processing disorder
What are barriers that those with an auditory disability might experience? - Answers -
Lack of sign language interpreters, lack of captions or transcripts, interfaces that require
voice input
What is deaf-blindness? - Answers -A rare condition where someone could be
near/totally deaf and blind, requiring touch to be their primary mode of interaction
What are barriers that an individual who is deaf-blind might experience? - Answers -
Lack of printed braille, lack of physical sign language interpreter, lack of output for a
braille keyboard
What are speech disabilities? - Answers -Disorders that range from mild slurred speech
to an inability to speak at all.
What are examples of speech disabilities? - Answers -Articulation disorders, aphasia,
mutism/no speech.
What are three categories of articulation disorders? - Answers -Speech sound,
phonological process and motor speech
What are speech sound disorders? - Answers -When mistakes continue past a certain
age
What are phonological process disorders? - Answers -When there are patterns of not
saying words correctly
What are motor speech disorders? - Answers -When there is trouble moving the
required muscles for speaking
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