SOC101 1nd Edition Lecture 18Outline of Last Lecture I. Review dayOutline of Current Lecture II. The Social Model of DisabilityA. Disability Rights Movement is an international movement that emerged out of the UK, then came to the US 1970sB. Differences between disability and impairment- Separate the two- Recognize the stigma- *shift attention away from individuals from society- * rehabilitating people to conform to normal societyC. Impairment seen as difference- Not denial impairmentD. Condition seen as neutralE. Disability derives from interactions between individual and society- Physical barriers- Social barriers- Cultural barriersF. *** Social Model of Diversity- Complex interaction with individual and society- Social interaction- Stigma1. WHY??? New Focus to remedy people in the situation through CHANGE instead of changing the people who are disabled2. Use ADA to gain access to employment, public transportation, affordable housing3. The first Bush of the United States signs the law in the 1990sIII. From the Medical Model to the Social ModelA. Simi Linton: “ If I want to go to vote or use the library and these places are inaccessible” Social----need a lawyers that would sue to make places accessibleMedical---need a doctor to be fixed andthus enable her to vote and/or use the libraryThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best Used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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