Special services are created that keep disabled people segregated and cut off from everybody else.
Social model of disability is exciting because it shows how to give equality to disable people
Challenging stereotypes and assumptions.
By giving disabled people full civil rights under law.
Creating buildings that are accessible.
Producing information in accessible formats
Ending segregated services.
Allowing disabled people to do things for themselves
The social model has been developed by disabled people. In their view disability is caused by the barriers that exist within society and the way society is organised, which discriminates against people with impairments and excludes them from involvement and participation, rather than by a person’s impairment or difference.
The social model of disability looks at ways of removing barriers that restrict life choices for disabled people. When barriers are removed, disabled people can be independent and equal in society, with choice and control over their own lives.
Disabled people developed the social model of disability because the traditional medical model did not explain their personal experience of disability or help to develop more inclusive ways of living. It was devised as a direct challenge to the prevailing notion of disability as an individual, medical 'problem' with the focus on what the disabled person couldn't do because of their impairment. The Social Model frames disability as a social construct. Disability is created by physical, organisational and attitudinal barriers, which can be changed and eliminated. This provides a dynamic and positive model which identifies the problem and proposes a solution. It moves away from a position of 'blaming' the individual for their shortcomings, argues that impairment is and always will be present in society, and suggests that the only logical outcome is to plan and organise society in a way that includes, rather than excludes, disabled people. This model also makes a clear distinction between impairment, a condition, illness or loss/lack of function, and disability, barriers and discrimination. The Social Model takes the focus away from impairment and places responsibility on government, organisations, businesses and individuals across all sectors of society to identify and implement constructive changes to remove barriers and increase access
