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  • Essay / Examining Social and Cultural Models of Disability

    In this article, the aim is to examine social and cultural models of disability that have been criticized in recent disability studies because the social model omits people with disabilities and the disabled cultural model. people don't need their own identity and should be included like the rest of us. By understanding why and how the social model and the cultural model are proposed, why people criticize them and what the negative aspects are. The social model of disability excludes people with disabilities. Society excludes people with disabilities because, as the social model is part of society, oppression and exclusion continues. According to Berger, he explains that the social model of disability "focuses on the socially imposed barriers that construct disability as a subordinate social status and a devalued life experience." (Berger 2013, p.51). Society itself marginalizes these groups. A large object but rather a set of methods in the face of disability should not reflect the social model of disability. It also addresses society's judgment of people with disabilities. The social model comes from the medical model because the social model discriminates against people with disabilities and they are confronted daily with undesirable approaches towards them. All doctors' assistants, specialists and social workers are trying to find a cure and make people with disabilities feel as normal as possible. They lay a solid foundation for people with disabilities to have a better life and help them feel part of society. The medical model plays a role in the disability model which is criticized here. Disability can cause many different problems; the most common encountered are physical, mental and sensory impairments...... middle of article ......larship through the many reviews of critical readings and in the lectures that were discussed, including the connections to embodiment, identity politics, and intersectionality. That being said, they all come together to create a more overarching understanding of what social and cultural models of disability define. You mainly find bits of information in Berger's readings as he physically addresses all aspects of what social and cultural models of disability should be. Reference list: Berger, R. (2013). Explain disability. In Overview of Disability Studies (pp. 25-50). Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. Gorman, R. (2010). Empire of rights: the convergence of neoliberal governance, the 10 “states of exception” and the movement for the rights of people with disabilities. Available at: http://womenscentre.sa.utoronto.ca/files/2012/08/Gorman-2010-1.pdf