The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society looks upon things, rather than by a person’s impairment or difference. It looks at ways how removing barriers that restrict life choices for people with a disability. When barriers are removed, people with disabilities can be independent and equal in society, with choice and control over their own lives.
The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised. The medical model of disability says people are disabled by their impairments or differences.
Under the medical model, these impairments or differences should be 'fixed' or changed by medical and other treatments, even when the impairment or difference does not cause pain or illness.
The medical model looks at what is 'wrong' with the person and not what the person needs. It creates low expectations and leads to people losing independence, choice and control in their own lives
The 'medical model' sees disabled people as the problem. They need to be adapted to fit into the world as it is. If this isn't possible, then they should be shut away in a specialised institution or left alone at home, where only their most basic needs will be met. Usually, the impairment is focused on, rather than the needs of the person.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/disability/thinking/medical.html Warnock committee and report care | Education Act 1981 | SEN disability Act 2001 | Education Act 1993/1996 | Education Act 1944 | It was suggested that formal staged process should be followed to identify and access a child’s special need and to create a written record. | A five stage process to assess a child’s special need/s identified. If needed a “statement” is written to say how those needs will be met. | Providers should make “responsible adjustments” to include children with SEN. A written SEN policy is needed, a SENCO should be identified. | A staged system of assessment consisting of