The Social Model VS The Medical Model of Disability Most of us are sadly only taught the medical model of disability from a young age. We are told that if we cannot do something it is us that are the problem as opposed to our environment, our disability is the problem and that's what needs to be fixed. But I wish more people would think about disability under the social model which shows that it's society's attitudes towards disabilities which need to change in order to make the world a more acc

Disability Education 101: Models of Disability What would you like the next Disability Education 101 lesson to be about, let me know in the comments! The different models of disability show the different ways that people think about disability. The two main ones are the medical model of Disability and the social model of disability. Sadly the model that most people have been taught is the medical model of disability. In this model we see disability as a problem which needs to be fixed. The socia