Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
6 results found in disability models.
- Charity Model of Disability (Charity Model)
- A framework that views people with disabilities as helpless victims who are dependent on the goodwill and benevolence of others. Under this model, disability is treated as a tragedy requiring charitab…
- Identity Model of Disability (Affirmation Model)
- A model of disability in which individuals claim disability as a positive aspect of their identity, similar to how other marginalized groups have reclaimed their identities. Unlike the medical model (…
- Medical Model of Disability (medical model, individual model of disability)
- A framework that views disability as a problem located within the individual, caused by disease, injury, or health condition, that requires medical intervention or rehabilitation to "fix" the person. …
- Moral Model of Disability (Religious Model of Disability)
- A historical framework that attributes disability to moral failing, divine punishment, or supernatural causes such as curses or sins. Under this model, disability is viewed as a consequence of wrongdo…
- Post-Modern Model of Disability (Postmodern Model, Critical Disability Model)
- A framework for understanding disability that integrates aspects of both the medical and social models, recognizing that both physiological factors and social barriers contribute to the experience of …
- Social Model of Disability (social model, barriers model)
- A framework that distinguishes between impairment (a physical, sensory, or cognitive difference) and disability (the social barriers and exclusion that result from society not accommodating that diffe…