Bio-Psychosocial Model

My understanding of the 3 different models (medical, social and bio-psychosocial is that the medical model views disability as an individual problem.This medical model approach is based on the belief that the difficulties associated with a disability should be placed on the disabled person, and that the disabled person should make extra efforts to care for themselves and not inconvenience anyone else. An example of the medical model: If an individual with a wheelchair is unable to gain access into a building because there isn’t a ramp for them to use to get into the building, this model would blame the wheelchair as the problem and not the fact that there’s no ramp.
Contrary to the medical model the social model would see the steps in the example as a barrier.The social model includes the disabled individuals and ensures reasonable accommodations for disabled people. While I believe the medical model to be a good model as it focuses on finding cures so people can go back to normal, most people have adopted the social model. The bio-psychosocial model is an alternative to the medical and social model, which attributes disease outcomes to biological and psychological factors.
These models tie into the World Health Organization’s view of disability, according to the International Classification of Functioning,
Stella Young in her ted talk “I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much” discusses society’s habit of turning disabled people into “inspiration porn” and eradicating the social and cultural barrier that people with disability face. Aimee Mullen: The opportunity of diversity talks about adversity- and finding opportunity from it. There has been a great shift on society view on disability, and prohibits discrimination based on an individual disability. These talks goes deeper into disability from real life people who share their personal