According to the social model of disability, a person is disabled by the failure of external factors to consider their needs, rather than any condition they may have. There are a number of different ...

According to the social model, ‘disability’ refers to the ways that socially constructed ... Other, more recently developed models aim to give a more holistic overview of different aspects of disabled ...

This course examines the social and political context in which disability is created in contemporary society. Topics covered include models of disability, the disability industry, the disability ...

For example, Shew said when studying autistic mice models, scientists manipulate part of their ... Typically, the lived experience of a disability is different from its typical depictions of a ...