DISABILITIES
Picture of a stick figure in a wheel chair, with saying; not all disabilities look like this. A second plain, stick figure, without noticeable difference, saying; some disabilities look like this.
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MODELS of DISABILITY
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Medical (or individual) model …
In the medical model, barriers exist, because of people's impairments. (Oliver, 1990)
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… all the things that impose restrictions on disabled people; ranging from individual prejudice to institutional discrimination...
In the social model, barriers exist because society disables people with impairments. (Oliver, 1990)
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REMEMBER; Disabilities can be visible, or invisible, disclosed, or undisclosed.
Should our students have to request accessibility, or should we design courses for maximum accessibility, from the beginning, because of differences in learning styles and disability?
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