Medical model of disability

with autistic impairments can be a very stressful environment. Some individuals can get lucky and get the career or job that they desire but stressful factors can occur in a work environment. Depression for these individuals can occur due to their disability and the workplace not flowing correctly. Another sad concept is that many of these autistic workers are harmed in mental stages that other individuals do not consider. The majority of theses factors are concepts that many employers take for…

theories, model of practice and framework form the foundation on how practitioners build and shape clinical knowledge to help their clients. The most common occupational therapy theoretical models that I use in my practice setting are biomechanical, cognitive disability, motor control model, Person-Environment-Occupation model and neurodevelopmental model. In few instances, I have used functional group model. Over the years, our profession has seen a paradigm shift from medical model to…

The statement- chronic pain should be seen solely a medical problem utilising only biomedical interventions is incorrect. Literature suggests that treating the condition with the biomedical approach alone will fail to address underlying psychological mechanisms fueling pain symptoms, resulting in potential failure to overcome it completely. In prolonged pain situations, Kerns, Thorn & Dixon (2006) acknowledge that there’s a high probability that sufferers will become susceptible to a…

regular issues associated with child and youth care practice but also deal with the additional stress of medical concerns. In this unique setting the practitioner’s role acquires manipulation of the elements of the milieu. These elements include manipulation of the physical environment in order to provide safety for all clients, and inclusion. Emotional environment in regards to the unfamiliar medical procedures, and an unfamiliarity to the future. CYCP influence the social environment by…

Universal design is a way to level the playing field for students with disability and enhance everyone’s educational experience and performance. Universally designed campuses and curricula, while not utopian, can result in more meaningful and full access for all (Ashmore & Kasnitz, 2014). Access is build in rather than by request. According to Burgstahler (2014), Ronald Mace, “an internationally recognized architect and educator”, first named the term universal design in the 1970s (Vance et al.,…

felt was best, they unintentionally engrained in Michael that he should not acknowledge his disability. Michael’s parents seemed to avoid the topic of his disability and by not recognizing it Michael was never fully able to come to terms with it and accept himself fully. Another reason that Michael has not identified as disabled is because it does not seem he was ever around anyone else with a disability. He probably had some confusion around if he should identify as disabled. He knew he was…

caregiving that can be addressed when looking at care, families, the personal tragedy model, and professionals. An important aspect that must be accounted for is the amount of control and power professionals hold when working with impaired individuals. The amount of social authority professional’s hold over the lives of the individuals they work with is significant and often overlooked. Referring to the Brandon's Model of professionals (2014, p. 120), each profession can develop a hierarchy and…

Medical/ Deficit Model Social Model Affirmative Model According to Swain and French (2008), the affirmative model is about allowing an individual embrace their differences. They state that that this model allows individuals with Impairments or disability to challenge the presumptions about themselves. The model allows them to challenge the presumptions that are not just related to how they differ from the stereotypical normal or average human being but also about the “assertion, on their own…

the long-term care. An ideal approach would involve an integration of the formal and informal care (Williams & Torrens, 2008). The individuals who are in most needs of long-term care are those individuals who suffer from one or more functional disabilities. One of the key factors in the long run care is the ambulatory care. The ambulatory care services are provided by the formal healthcare facility. The ambulatory services include a broad spectrum of preventive, diagnostic, and recuperative…

past 50 years, social construction of illness has become a major research perspective as a subfield of medical sociology, which contributed to our social understanding and dimensions of illness. Illness and social constructionism developed to be a conceptual framework that emphasizes the cultural and historical aspects of phenomena widely thought to be absulutly natural. While the medical model, assumes that diseases are universal phenomena and invariant to time or place. Social…