What is disability? There are a number of ‘models’ of disability in academic literature. The two most often mentioned are: The Medical model: this view sees disability as a ‘problem’ belonging to the individual affected. E.g. if a wheelchair user had difficulty getting up steps, the problem is seen as to do with the individual’s wheelchair not the steps. The Social model: this view claims that disability is in some sense a social construction. It is society that ‘disables’ an individual. In the example, the steps are a disabling barrier; they can be changed/adapted to enable the individual to have Read More …