The rehabilitation model seeks to ‘rehabilitate’ disability through alterations to the human mind and body as well as to the environment; however, unlike the social model below, and much like the medical model, it is led by an authoritative class of rehabilitation-experts, whose goal is to minimize the presence of disability in society.
Source: Digital Methods for Disability Studies. Models of Disabilities
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Attitudes towards disability affect the way people think and behave around people with disabilities.
Adapted from: U.K. Ombudsman PDF Introduction to the Social and Medical Models of Disability
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Deafness is much broader than just a hearing loss; it is a complex sociopolitical reality that permeates one’s life.
Roslyn Rosen
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In the UK, 8% of profoundly deaf people communicate by sign language alone. They don’t read English.
Sarah Winters, Accessibility is usability