The social model of disability does not see the group of people known as "disabled" as disabled by their individual impairments (the "medical" part of their disability), but by the fact that society does not consider their differences normal, and therefore does not accommodate them.
The medical model of disability states that a person is made disabled by their impairments, which negatively impact one's quality of life.
The social model of disability is a major resource in advancing the cause of disabled peoples in but loses sight of the corporeal body, particularly the body-in-pain (Williams 1999).
This terminology reflects the social model of disability, recognising that people have impairments but are disabled by social factors [ 6].
The term 'disabled women' is preferred to 'women with disabilities' as this reflects the social model of disability, which contends that people have impairments but are disabled by social factors [ 21].
We use the term 'disabled women' rather than 'women with disabilities', consistent with a social model of disability, which contends that people have impairments but are disabled by social factors [ 13].
According to Disability Rights UK, a national organisation of disabled people, they are "the route to achieving independent living based on the social model of disability".
"We talk about the social model of disability.
What I've just outlined is a very simplified version of the social model of disability.
We're slowly moving from a comparative model of disability to a declarative one.
But what is the biopsychosocial model of disability, and should we - as Arecbalrin suggests, below the line - be concerned?
