Coauthored by Scott Frankowski, PhD, Nazanin Heydarian, PhD, and Kathleen Bogart, PhD A person in a wheelchair and a standing person hug. Source: Chona Kasinger / Disabled and Here / Creative ...

According to the social model, ‘disability’ refers to the ways that socially constructed barriers are disabling towards people with impairments or differences. In contrast, the medical model views a ...

Firstly, disability is difficult to define and can fit into several competing models from rigid socio-legal definitions to more philosophical notions such as the traditional medical model of ...

Northern Advocate columnist Jonny Wilkinson is the CEO of Tiaho Trust - Disability A Matter of Perception, a Whangārei-based ...

the different models of disability such as the social model versus the medical model and disability inclusive language and bias. After that, it’s time to get creative with an end goal of having ...