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Barriers may include:

Physical and Environmental

Institutional & organisation barriers

Information/ communication barriers

Additional barriers

Good, and we will be looking at these barriers to facilities later in the year, well done.

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The social model of disability is a way of viewing the world, developed by disabled people. The model says that people are disabled by barriers in society, not by their impairment or difference. Barriers can be physical, like buildings not having accessible toilets.

Super work, well done.

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The medical model of disability says people are disabled by their impairments or differences.

Good quote, well done.

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The Social Model vs The Medical Model of Disability
Social model of disability
The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised, rather than by a person's impairment or difference. It looks at ways of removing barriers that restrict life choices for disabled people. When barriers are removed, disabled people can be independent and equal in society, with choice and control over their own lives.

Disabled people developed the social model of disability because the traditional medical model did not explain their personal experience of disability or help to develop more inclusive ways of living.

(An impairment is defined as the limitation of a person's physical, mental or sensory function on a long-term basis.)
Changing attitudes to disabled people
Barriers are not just physical. Attitudes found in society, based on prejudice or stereotype (also called disablism), also disable people from having equal opportunities to be part of society.
Medical model of disability
The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised. The medical model of disability says people are disabled by their impairments or differences.

Under the medical model, these impairments or differences should be 'fixed' or changed by medical and other treatments, even when the impairment or difference does not cause pain or illness.

The medical model looks at what is 'wrong' with the person and not what the person needs. It creates low expectations and leads to people losing independence, choice and control in their own lives.
Social model of disability: some examples

A wheelchair user wants to get into a building with a step at the entrance. Under a social model solution, a ramp would be added to the entrance so that the wheelchair user is free to go into the building immediately. Using the medical model, there are very few solutions to help wheelchair users to climb stairs, which excludes them from many essential and leisure activities.

A teenager with a learning difficulty wants to work towards living independently in their own home but is unsure how to pay the rent. Under the social model, the person would be supported so that they are enabled to pay rent and live in their own home. Under a medical model, the young person might be expected to live in a communal home.

A child with a visual impairment wants to read the latest best-selling book to chat about with their sighted friends. Under the medical model, there are very few solutions but a social model solution ensures full text audio-recordings are available when the book is first published. This means children with visual impairments can join in with cultural activities on an equal basis with everyone else.

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Social Model vs Medical Model of disability - disabilitynottinghamshire.org.uk

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The Social Model vs The Medical Model of Disability Social model of disability The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised, rather than by a person's impairment or difference. It looks at ways of removing barriers that restrict life choices for disabled [...]

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People are disabled by barriers in society such as buildings only having stairs and no ramps and no accessible toilets.

This also includes attitudes that people may have towards someone with a disability, as believing people with disabilities cant do certain things because they are disabled.

https://www.afdo.org.au/social-model-of-disability/

Good work well done.

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Social Model Of Disability | Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

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The social model of disability is a way of viewing the world, developed by people with disability. The social model of disability says that people are disabled by barriers in society, such as buildings not having a ramp or accessible toilets, or people’s attitudes, like assuming people with di

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The social model of disability is the understanding that disability is something that is created by society.

Very true, well done. :)

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The medical model views disability as an individual problem stemming from impairments, leading to needing vaccines or treatments. It often results in exclusion due to its focus on deficits rather than societal barriers.

carelearning.org.uk

Very true, super work well done.

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The medical model sees a disability as a problem within peoples body that needs to be fixed.

Well done, sound research.

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Disabled people face barriers that stop them from taking part in society in the same way as non-disabled people.

Sense | For people with complex disabilities

Someone with a disability does face a lot of barriers, dependent on their disability. However, sometime society is disabling due to non-access of resources/facilities.

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We’re Sense, the national disability charity. We believe everyone should be able to take part in life, no matter their disability.

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It is a biomedical perception of disability that links a disability diagnosis to an individuals physical body.

Good work. :)

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The physical barriers that disabled people face, inaccessible buildings e.g buildings with no wheelchair ramps

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Disability isn’t something that exists inside your body or your mind. It’s something that is created by an inaccessible society.

It can also exist inside your body, however, yes, society can be disabling by not providing access for everyone.

Good work.

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The social model of disability identifies systemic barriers, derogatory attitudes, and social exclusion (intentional or inadvertent), which make it difficult or impossible for disabled people to attain their valued functionings. Social model of disability - Wikipedia

Remember to try and not use a wiki page for sources as anybody can create and publish a wiki page, however good thoughts.

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The social model of disability identifies systemic barriers, derogatory attitudes, and social exclusion (intentional or inadvertent), which make it difficult or impossible for disabled people to attain their valued functionings. The social model of disability diverges from the dominant medical model of disability, which is a functional analysis of the body as a machine to be fixed in order to conform with normative values.[1] As the medical model of disability carries with it a negative connotation, with negative labels associated with disabled people.[2] The social model of disability seeks to challenge power imbalances within society between differently-abled people and seeks to redefine what disability means as a diverse expression of human life.[3] While physical, sensory, intellectual, or psychological variations may result in individual functional differences, these do not necessarily have to lead to disability unless society fails to take account of and include people intentionally with respect to their individual needs. The origin of the approach can be traced to the 1960s, and the specific term emerged from the United Kingdom in the 1980s.

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The Medical Model says that people are disabled by their impairments or differences. these impairments and differences should fixed by medical and other treatments. The medical model looks at what's wrong with the person and not what the person needs.

Social Model vs Medical Model of disability - disabilitynottinghamshire.org.uk

Solid research, well done.

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The social model of a disability is the understanding that disability is something created by society.

Good, always try to cite your source from where you took the information. Just a good habit to get into for all future studies. :)

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There are social barriers such as a non-disabled person assuming that a disables person can't do something which creates a barrier for that person.