“Nature caused us all to be born equal; if fate is pleased to disturb this plan of the general law, it is our responsibility to correct its caprice and to repair by our attention the usurpations of the stronger” Maurice Blanchot (Ainlay, 1986)
In United Kingdom alone, statistic records show that in 2014 There were over 11 million people with a limiting long term illness, impairment or disability with the most commonly-reported impairments being those that affect mobility, lifting, or carrying. (Department of work and pensions 2014) this essay will look at what is meant by disability to an individual and to the society, what impacts does disability have on the health and well-being of an individual and what services are available and accessibility. …show more content…
Under the Equality Act (2010) a person is considered disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on their ability to do normal daily activities The Disability Services Act (1993) also defines ‘disability’ as meaning a disability which is attributable to an intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, neurological, sensory or physical impairment or a combination of those impairments and /or that which is permanent or likely to be permanent and /or which may or may not be of a chronic or episodic nature and that which results in substantially reduced capacity of the person for communication, social interaction, learning or mobility and a need for continuing support services …show more content…
(Wilson et el., 2011) Disability is the disadvantage or restriction of activity caused by a contemporary social organisation which takes no or little account of people who have physical impairments and thus excludes them from the main stream of social activities. (Wilson et el., 2011)
There are many types of disability and these include Mental health, autism, vision loss and blindness, speech and language disorders, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, memory loss, intellectual disabilities, hearing loss and deafness and chronic illness.
Disability is constructed by the way the society is shaped rather than it being an inherent physical state this line of thot means disability is not about the individual’s impairment rather is it is the social oppression and discrimination (Wilson et
In United Kingdom alone, statistic records show that in 2014 There were over 11 million people with a limiting long term illness, impairment or disability with the most commonly-reported impairments being those that affect mobility, lifting, or carrying. (Department of work and pensions 2014) this essay will look at what is meant by disability to an individual and to the society, what impacts does disability have on the health and well-being of an individual and what services are available and accessibility. …show more content…
Under the Equality Act (2010) a person is considered disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on their ability to do normal daily activities The Disability Services Act (1993) also defines ‘disability’ as meaning a disability which is attributable to an intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, neurological, sensory or physical impairment or a combination of those impairments and /or that which is permanent or likely to be permanent and /or which may or may not be of a chronic or episodic nature and that which results in substantially reduced capacity of the person for communication, social interaction, learning or mobility and a need for continuing support services …show more content…
(Wilson et el., 2011) Disability is the disadvantage or restriction of activity caused by a contemporary social organisation which takes no or little account of people who have physical impairments and thus excludes them from the main stream of social activities. (Wilson et el., 2011)
There are many types of disability and these include Mental health, autism, vision loss and blindness, speech and language disorders, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, memory loss, intellectual disabilities, hearing loss and deafness and chronic illness.
Disability is constructed by the way the society is shaped rather than it being an inherent physical state this line of thot means disability is not about the individual’s impairment rather is it is the social oppression and discrimination (Wilson et