Disability is not Inability

:: The capability model.

The Capability approach which was designed to analyze concepts of the standard of living, poverty and development. In this approach, disability is understood as deprivation of capabilities where capabilities refer to practical opportunities.

Disability occurs when an individual with impairment is deprived of practical opportunities and results from the interaction between the resources available to the person, personal characteristics (e.g type of impairment, age, gender) and the environment (physical, social, cultural, political, and economic)

:: The WHO Model.

:: The Charity Model.

:: The Capability Model.

:: The social Model

:: The Medical Model

:: The Metaphor Model.