Disability as a Social Construction (AQA A-Level Sociology): Quizzes
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What does the social construction approach argue creates disability?
What does the social construction approach argue creates disability?
Society's failure to accommodate people
According to WHO, disability reflects interaction between what two features?
According to WHO, disability reflects interaction between what two features?
Person's body & society they live in
In the social model, what is 'impairment'?
In the social model, what is 'impairment'?
The biological or physical condition
What did Michael Oliver (1986) say disabled people were encouraged to view their situation as?
What did Michael Oliver (1986) say disabled people were encouraged to view their situation as?
Unfortunate and undesirable
What term did Tom Shakespeare use for treating disabled people as fundamentally different?
What term did Tom Shakespeare use for treating disabled people as fundamentally different?
Othering
Whose 1951 sick role model provides historical roots for disability sociology?
Whose 1951 sick role model provides historical roots for disability sociology?
Talcott Parsons
How many people did 2010 Coalition govt subject to Work Capability Assessment?
How many people did 2010 Coalition govt subject to Work Capability Assessment?
2 million
What example shows how society disables visually impaired people?
What example shows how society disables visually impaired people?
Failing to provide talking lifts
How does media representation infantilise disabled people?
How does media representation infantilise disabled people?
Treating them as children not adults
What did Shakespeare & Watson (2002) warn the social model could become?
What did Shakespeare & Watson (2002) warn the social model could become?
A 'sacred cow' ideology
From a Marxist view, why does capitalism marginalise disabled people?
From a Marxist view, why does capitalism marginalise disabled people?
They're surplus to profit-based society
What demonstrates that disability categories are socially constructed?
What demonstrates that disability categories are socially constructed?
They vary across time & cultures
What social barriers exclude disabled people from intimate relationships?
What social barriers exclude disabled people from intimate relationships?
Assumptions they lack sexual needs