Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
3 results found in Disability Models.
- Biopsychosocial Model (BPS Model)
- The biopsychosocial model is a holistic framework for understanding health and disability that considers the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors in a person's experience. In con…
- Illness Narrative (Disease Narrative)
- An illness narrative is the story a person and their significant others construct to give coherence to the disruptive experience of illness or diagnosis and its effects on the family system. In the co…
- Medical Model of Disability (Medical Model, Deficit Model)
- The medical model of disability is a framework that views disability primarily as a problem located within the individual, a biological deficit or impairment that needs to be fixed, cured, or compensa…