Disability key terms. Link the definitions to the key terms.

  • Impairment
  • Disability
  • Stigma
  • Physical and mental differences from what is seen as the norm for example lack of vision. (However not everyone can do everything as equally as well as others.)
  • A physical or mental impairment which prevents a person from carrying out day to day activities often due to prejudice and the failures on the part of society to address the needs of people with impairments.
  • A social process which invariably leads to social exclusion. It is a negative term. A label applied to those with a physical or mental disability.
  • Physical and mental differences from what is seen as the norm for example lack of vision. (However not everyone can do everything as equally as well as others.)
  • A physical or mental impairment which prevents a person from carrying out day to day activities often due to prejudice and the failures on the part of society to address the needs of people with impairments.
  • A social process which invariably leads to social exclusion. It is a negative term. A label applied to those with a physical or mental disability.

Application of theory to disability. Apply the bio-medical model to disability

The social model.
The social model is espoused by the majority of those working in the field of disability.