Four Models of Disability

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http://www.making-prsp-inclusive.org/en ... odels.html

The Charity model (Autism Speaks particularly) used to get a lot of airtime here, though this seems to have diminished in the past year, and the dark side seems much better understood now (not just here).

Interesting.

I like the rights based model the best. The rights based model is the model that I live by.

I think there's a model missing -- the cultural model.

...Hm.

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" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

Situation: Young women using a wheelchair
Rights-based Model: "When she gets a job, her employer will have to build accessible rooms. This is her right!"
Bitter reality: The employer knows he would need to invest quite a lot of extra money if she gets the job, so if he can choose someone else, she won't get the job.

This is how extra rights backfire. I don't like it but we won't change the society only by this kind of laws.