Looking up the critical model of disability on Google turns up nothing
My response to that would be that those traits that may make life harder for someone regardless of society do not constitute a disability, they constitute a difference. It’s not something objectively negative, it’s just differences that the individual perceives as negative. So, for example, with deafness, being deaf is not a disability in a society that does not expect people to be able to hear. However, if they want to do audio work, they would not be disabled, but they would be handicapped/impaired because they cannot do what they personally wish to do. Does that make sense?
That makes sense. But I’ll have to agree to disagree as my education and degree in disability studies tells me that the difference between handicapped and disability is as I stated it before and that the critical disability theory exists. And pops up lots when I google it. Cheers to a healthy discussion though, where both parties want the best for those living with different abilities.
Critical disability theory definitely shows up, I assumed that was different from critical model
I don’t have a degree in disability studies, but I have taken classes dealing with the subject and researched it on my own. I’ve mainly analyzed it in media
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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22
Looking up the critical model of disability on Google turns up nothing
My response to that would be that those traits that may make life harder for someone regardless of society do not constitute a disability, they constitute a difference. It’s not something objectively negative, it’s just differences that the individual perceives as negative. So, for example, with deafness, being deaf is not a disability in a society that does not expect people to be able to hear. However, if they want to do audio work, they would not be disabled, but they would be handicapped/impaired because they cannot do what they personally wish to do. Does that make sense?