Disability and identity

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  • Created by: Dylan
  • Created on: 27-01-19 13:04
shakespeare-medical model
disabled people are socialised to see themselves as a victim- the person with the impairment may have an investment in their own incapacity as it becomes a rationale for their own failure-what they cant do is defended by their disability
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shakespeare-social model
our definition of disabled is based on what is deemed normal which changes over time-disability is socially constructed
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becker
labeling-a person is given a title eg disabled-this is repeated to them over time-they then adopt the characteristics of the label they have been given-self fulfilling prophecy
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gill
reconciling your identity as disabled after having previous notations of what it meant to be disabled is a common hurdle-difficult to join a group you previously felt fear/pity for and not turn those feelings on yourself
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zola
the vocabulary we use to describe disabled people comes from society-disabled/invalid/abnormal-labeling/self fulfilling prophecy
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murugami
disabled people can create a self identity-accepts impairment but is independent of it-see themselves as a person first and their disability as one of their characteristics
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our definition of disabled is based on what is deemed normal which changes over time-disability is socially constructed

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shakespeare-social model

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labeling-a person is given a title eg disabled-this is repeated to them over time-they then adopt the characteristics of the label they have been given-self fulfilling prophecy

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reconciling your identity as disabled after having previous notations of what it meant to be disabled is a common hurdle-difficult to join a group you previously felt fear/pity for and not turn those feelings on yourself

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the vocabulary we use to describe disabled people comes from society-disabled/invalid/abnormal-labeling/self fulfilling prophecy

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