Activities disabled person, who is so they can join ‘fix’ ‘sick’, ‘normal’ society Disability is a problem in the person • A traditional understanding of disability • Focuses on a person’s impairment as the obstacle • to or individuals to them into society • ‘cure’ ‘improve’ ‘fit’ Defines the disabled person only as a patient with medical needs • Segregates disabled people from the mainstream • Offers only medical help, carried out by specialists • Expensive, tends to benefit relatively few • Handout 2: Individual Models Charity Approach Society Disabled People
Activities ‘fix’ disabled person, who is ‘sick’, so they can join ‘normal’ society • Disability is a problem in the person • A traditional understanding of disability • Focuses on a person’s impairment as the obstacle • to ‘cure’ or ‘improve’ individuals to ‘fit’ them into society • Defines the disabled person only as a patient with medical needs • Segregates disabled people from the mainstream • Offers only medical help, carried out by specialists • Expensive, tends to benefit relatively few Handout 2: Individual Models Charity Approach Society Disabled People
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