Disability is not Inability

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Definitions:

The Persons with disability ACT 2004 defines disability as:

“disability” means a physical, sensory, mental or other impairments, including any visual, hearing, learning or physical incapability, which impacts adversely on social, economic or environmental participation;

This definition therefore is confusing because it embraces all the models of disability are is not easy to know the spirit of the ACT prefers. The Social Model and the Medical Model and the Charity Model are more of the basis from which disability is define.

Infact many documentation by the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, the intergrated version initiated by the World Health Organisation is mostly embraced. This defines disability as an integration of both the medical and social models.

The WHO Model also works well within the capability approaches defined to measure standards of capability.

John Morris working on cultural portralys in the media came up with the metaphor model. This is interesting when looking at how the media portrays disability and its impact on our reaction to disability.

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