https://i.imgur.com/HMMPeD3.mp4
According to the social model of disability, whether or not someone is disabled is determined not by whether or not their body and mind work "properly", but rather by whether society can accommodate their differences.
When Senku explains to Suika that in the modern age, nearsightedness "doesn't even bother anyone", this all suddenly made sense to me: you'd think that being unable to tell things apart when they're more than a few feet away would be a crippling disability, but when society gives you access to multiple easily-accessible ways to make your vision as good as 20/20, it's not really a life-altering problem, and you can live a practically normal life, aside from needing an eye exam every few years. From now on, Senku can easily make a pair of glasses for everyone affected by the "fuzzy sickness".
This then got me thinking about other disabilities that could disappear in the future. Spinal implants that allow paraplegics to walk again, advanced prosthetics that move and feel touch just like the real thing, cybernetic eyes and advanced hearing implants that make blindness and deafness a non-issue... science really is exhilarating.
I have been looking into disability activism and I am wondering how the social model applies to intellectual disabilities. Is it societies values or something else?
Another recent research paper involving BID.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260267/pdf/11673_2019_Article_9959.pdf
Hi all! I wondered how many of you are aware of the social model of disability? I couldn't see any discussion about it, and have noticed in general that the CF community seems less aware of it. In short, the model says we are disabled by society not creating ways to include us. Societal barriers other us and, effectively, disable us. The classic example, "If town planners had all decided ramps were the default in all buildings, a wheel chair user would be enabled by more accessible buildings."
When I learned about it - and lots of people say the same sort of thing - it was quite freeing, quite liberating, but at first a little dispiriting. Suddenly I could see all the stuff I was kept from, or that was kept from me.
I'll post a couple of videos about the social model.
As a CFer, what do you think?
A simple explanation https://youtu.be/0e24rfTZ2CQ (CC)
A more complex explanation https://youtu.be/Qhwnrthy9gc (CC)
It's basically the view that people that are disabled have a hard time functioning in society, not because they're inherently disabled but because society doesn't give them the necessary support that they need.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_model_of_disability
I think I very much agree with it. A neurological disorder is just a bunch of mutations that aren't found in the majority of people. There's nothing inherently bad about.
I do not subscribe to the social model of disability. I think its logic is flawed. But we cannot discuss it here. There is one major subreddit for autism in the UK, this one. If you do not subscribe to this model, you are unwelcome here and marginalized.
I wonder if there is a need for an uncensored subreddit for the UK where such restrictions are not in place, that by its title would target the UK as well.
But I find it audacious to claim a name for a subreddit like 'autismUK' and then impose a model on all that would logically flock to it.
I see that the social model says that the problem is that society is not accommodating to people with disabilities but a lot of the accommodations are costly to implement. For example, I don't have wheelchair ramps at my house, nor any other way to get upstairs other than climbing stairs. My house is very inaccessible to a wheelchair user but if I were to purchase a chair lift and ramps, it would be very costly. How do situations like this play into the social model? What my house should be in the event someone in a wheelchair would come to visit?
For example, say a 65 year old person has cataracts. The social model suggests that there is nothing wrong with them and that large type font, text to speech software, etc.should be provided to let the person continue to function in society as best as possible. The medical model will say the eye lens is problematic, will do the surgery and the person's vision will be good as before cataracts. In this situation, the vast majority of people choose to follow the medical approach and are happy to do so. How does one decide if in a particular scenario it is better to apply the medical vs social model?
and if so do you recieve it because of problems/conditions that relate to your hikkiness? I am trying to get on it too myself
Hello, I’m trying to find the best way to help my brother get some social security disability. He has some developmental delays and although he’s 38 he acts like a 9 yo kid. He’s unable to hold jobs for more than a few hours, and is unable to communicate well with others.
My parents have been unable to help him out with their limited resources so now I’m trying to take over.
Should I go to a court and apply to be a guardian at litem? If I do that would he first need to be diagnosed or considered mentally incapable to taking care of himself?
Or can I just try and walk him through the process of applying for SSI himself, although I feel this option might not be the best since he acts out much of the time and gets stubborn and feel he would be legally be able to block me out from the process.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
List of CAL disabling conditions
Residual Functioning Capacity (RFC)
The SSA has compiled a list of 200+ disabling conditions that qualify for the Compassionate Allowance program. If your medical condition is not severe enough to meet one of the SSA's benchmarks for disability, but you're still expected to be unable to work for at least one year, you may still be eligible for disability benefits through a Residual Functioning Capacity (RFC).
In regard to the recent post on the woman who was undergoing chemo for breast cancer and had to work throughout and eventually died. It's impossible to know if she would have qualified for this program, but I hope this helps someone.
I've been thinking about this for the last several months, and curious to get your folks' thoughts.
The Economist, which is a mouth piece for the investor class, and a good resource to read on how capital is moving, published a shocking special report in May where they calculated based on their statistical model and official statistics from the Office of National Statistics in the UK that about 1% of the UK's labour force has been rendered permanently unable to participate at work due to long-COVID. I was really surprised by this as The Economist usually presents a triumphalist and cheery view of capitalism, and that's a sobering number to publish. Losing 1% of your ACTIVE labour force capacity in one year is huge.
Behind most people with long-COVID, there's a spouse or another family member, sometimes several, who have to pick up the slack in terms of care. There's also a network of systems - starting with the healthcare system, but also insurance systems, and social welfare systems - that are going to have to step in. This additional layer of disability and stress is happening in the context of advanced economies that already have a huge and growing chronic disease burden from the obesity crisis, the opioid epidemic (particularly in the US and Canada), heart disease, cancer, mental illness, the rise of deaths of despair, and of course the ageing population.
In Ontario, our healthcare system operated at capacity before COVID - it's been cut to the bone for decades - and now you're introducing a whole other burden on top of that.
What's more, we're still early stages in this. We don't know what the long-term impacts of COVID are going to be 5, 6, 10 years down the line.
It just does not seem when you put it all together that this story has a happy ending.
TLDR would you get off social security to improve mental health but be in a worse spot financially?
ive been on social security disability my entire life. i never have to work a day in my life, i could sit back and collect a check every month due to being permanently disabled (spinabifida). 7 years ago i decided to start working and i got off social security disability for almost 3 years of that time and loved it, got back on disability due to some medical problems and other stuff at the time (partly poor planning on getting off or no plan at all or research). this time around ive done my research and i have a solid workplace behind me who has offered me full time and knows my medical stuff. on social security disability im in a weird place where i am not disabled enough or "to fit and young" as they said to qualify for much. when i get off of social security disability this time i will be making the same money i am now or with overtime a little more but double the amount of hours. my question to you is to you would it be worth doubling your hours making it harder on yourself if it made you mental health better? your making a decision thats not the best one but makes you happier to be able to say you earn all your income? its sad that they would be reward me with more benefits and more money if i just quit my job and accepted more services.note i love working, im in retail making almost $16 and im happy, i would like to do something with animals but that could be something i work towards and could now save money for due to working retail 40+ hours a week also sorry grammar is not my best trait.
To get Disability, you need to have work credits. But how do people who can't work because of a disability supposed to get the work credits to qualify for disability payments?
But if someone's physically unable to work...how do they get the work credits necessary?
To me it's like telling someone without a car "Oh, we'll help you get around without a car. But you have to get a car first before we help you".
They can't work because they're disabled, but they can't get on disability because they can't work.
