Controversies around the social model of disability

• Authors: Andrzej Twardowski

Title variants

PL

Kontrowersje wokół społecznego modelu niepełnosprawności

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

Twardowski Andrzej, Controversies around the social model of disability. Culture – Society – Education no 2(16) 2019, Poznań 2019, pp. 7–21, Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISSN 2300-0422. DOI: 10.14746/kse.2019.16.1 The aim of the article is to present a critical analysis of the social model of disability.In the first part, the author discusses the genesis, essence and basic advantages of the social model of disability. Next, five major disadvantages of this model are analysed:/1/ avoiding dealing with impairment as an important aspect of the lives of people with disabilities, /2/ separating impairment from disability, /3/ assuming that all people with disabilities are exposed to social oppression, /4/ postulating the creation of an environment without barriers and /5/ assuming that disability is the basis of the identity of people affected by it. In the final part of the article, the author presents reflections on the possibility of creating a new, more holistic model of disability.

Keywords

EN

social environment; disability; impairment; disabling barriers; oppression; identity; social environment; disability; impairment; disabling barriers; oppression; identity

DE

social environment; disability; impairment; disabling barriers; oppression; identity

PL

social environment; disability; impairment; disabling barriers; oppression; identity

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Kultura-Społeczeństwo-Edukacja
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2020-06-30

Contributors

author

Andrzej Twardowski

• Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7980-2935

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/kse.2019.16.1