Health, Illness, and Disability (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards
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Social construction approach - focus shift
Social construction approach - focus shift
From individual deficits to societal barriers & attitudes
WHO definition of disability - key idea
WHO definition of disability - key idea
Interaction between person's body & features of society
Impairment (social model)
Impairment (social model)
Biological/physical condition (e.g., inability to walk)
Disability (social model)
Disability (social model)
Social barriers preventing participation (e.g., stairs)
Michael Oliver (1986) - contribution
Michael Oliver (1986) - contribution
Strong advocate for social model of disability
Tom Shakespeare - concept on disabled people
Tom Shakespeare - concept on disabled people
Othering - treating them as fundamentally different
Talcott Parsons (1951) - historical model
Talcott Parsons (1951) - historical model
Sick role model - disability equated with illness
Social barriers for visually impaired - examples
Social barriers for visually impaired - examples
No electronic doors, talking lifts, tactile pavements
Media representation problem
Media representation problem
Infantilisation - treating disabled people as children
Shakespeare & Watson (2002) criticism
Shakespeare & Watson (2002) criticism
Social model can become ideology; physical pain remains real
Marxist view of disability
Marxist view of disability
Marginalisation of group surplus to profit-based society
Fluidity of disability categories - meaning
Fluidity of disability categories - meaning
Vary across time & cultures, showing social construction
Slorach (2012) - WCA example shows what?
Slorach (2012) - WCA example shows what?
Viewing disability as work-shy malingering persists
Social barriers to disabled people's relationships
Social barriers to disabled people's relationships
Assumptions about sexuality, transport, access, poverty
Who creates disability (social model)
Who creates disability (social model)
Society - through failure to accommodate needs