What does the medical model of disability assume?

Table of Contents:

1. What does the medical model of disability assume?
2. What does the medical model focus on?
3. What is the medical model of health and well being?
4. What is health and well being?
5. What are two health models?
6. How does the social model of disability underpins positive attitudes to disability?
7. What are the key features of the social model of disability?
8. What is a severe learning disability?

What does the medical model of disability assume?

The medical model of disability defines an illness or disability as the result of a physical condition, which is intrinsic to the individual (it is part of that individual's own body) and which may reduce the individual's quality of life and cause clear disadvantages to the individual.

What does the medical model focus on?

The biological approach of the medical model focuses on genetics, neurotransmitters, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, and so on. Psychopathology says that disorders have an organic or physical cause. The approach suggests that mental conditions are related to the brain's physical structure and functioning.

What is the medical model of health and well being?

The Medical Model Health is viewed as the absence of disease. The medical model describes the approach to illness which is dominant in Western medicine. It treats the human body as a very complex mechanism and advocates the treatment of symptoms through the use of medical intervention and procedures.

What is health and well being?

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.

What are two health models?

The religious, humanistic and transpersonal models could be considered as health models, the biomedical, psychosomatic and existential models as disease or illness models. The different models were assumed to depict different, but related, ways of representing health and disease.

How does the social model of disability underpins positive attitudes to disability?

The social model underpins positive attitudes towards disability because it works at removing the barriers that can limit and individual from making equal life choices and looks at what an individual's abilities are rather than their disabilities.

What are the key features of the social model of disability?

The social model of disability identifies systemic barriers, derogatory attitudes, and social exclusion (intentional or inadvertent), which make it difficult or impossible for individuals with impairments to attain their valued functionings.

What is a severe learning disability?

A severe learning disability will be identified at birth or in early childhood. Someone who has a severe learning disability will: have little or no speech. find it very difficult to learn new skills. need support with daily activities such as dressing, washing, eating and keeping safe.