Disability Model Scavenger Hunt by Kristin Berg https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo Search in your home, neighborhood or online! For each disability model, post either a picture (sign, ad, etc ) image, text (eg quote from article from a source) OR audio clip (eg a podcast clip) and LABEL IT WITH YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. en-us 2021-01-11 20:00:36 UTC 2025-12-01 01:27:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f427.png Farzin Amisha https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1102212768 Disability being advertised as pathology by PETA.]]> 2021-01-19 16:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1102212768 Farzin Amisha https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1102234069 Writers reflecting on disability through a religious Bible verse in The Atlantic]]> 2021-01-19 16:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1102234069 Farzin Amisha https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1102274163 Museum of Special Art collaborating with disabled artists to create the "United We Stand Exhibition."]]> 2021-01-19 17:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1102274163 Mike Ramones mramon23 https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1108040794 The social model believes that society and the environment create disabilities and barriers. The barrier are the stairs that is not allowing the boy access to the upper level.]]> 2021-01-20 23:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1108040794 Mike Ramones mramon23 https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1108047557 The medical model sees disabilities as a problem of the individual. It's the blind person's fault that he did not see the "accessible voting" sign.]]> 2021-01-20 23:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1108047557 Mike Ramones mramon23 https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1108062827 The moral/spiritual model believes that disabilities are a result of sins or bad behavior. It is a sort of punishment and it can be "healed" through the power of praying and the church]]> 2021-01-20 23:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1108062827 Maria Guadarrama https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1112675784 In the article the author states that they have felt discomfort and "faulty" when other Christians randomly go up them to pray they "get better". The moral/spiritual model plays a role because people from this specific religion believe that disability can be cured by enough prayer and not losing "sight" of God. ]]> 2021-01-22 02:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1112675784 Maria Guadarrama https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1112696936 Traditionally when the medical model is used, it pushes the idea that disabled people must be cured or able to function like "others normally do" to be accepted. This meme is reinforcing ABA as a positive practice by assuring that behavior presented by autistic children will be fixed with that method. ]]> 2021-01-22 02:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1112696936 Maria Guadarrama https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1112710160 (Not only is this meme horrible but...) The way the social model can be applied here is that society and environment are disabling her in two ways. The shelfs aren't accessible nor employees are around to help and society commentary is making fun/belittling her disability because of negative attitudes about faking disability and disabilities. ]]> 2021-01-22 02:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1112710160 Lauren Meger https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1116413418 The Medical Model of disability is an ideal that the disability is a problem with the individual and that it should be cured. We discussed in lecture about how this connects to the "medical gaze". In this cartoon, the individual in a wheelchair is being gazed at and seen as less than by the medical professionals.]]> 2021-01-23 05:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1116413418 Lauren Meger https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1116415551 This article describes a movie called "The Exorcism of Emily Rose". It is about a teenage girl with epilepsy who has an exorcism performed on her to try and cure her or her sin. She later dies from complication of this exorcism. This is the spiritual model because she believed that she could cleanse herself of her sin and disability. ]]> 2021-01-23 05:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1116415551 Lauren Meger https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1116417305 This cartoon shows the social model of disability very well. It shows that society is what is disabling. The system only allows and accommodates for those who are "normal". The issue is not the person's impairment, it is based on societies actions. ]]> 2021-01-23 05:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1116417305 Leilani Casiano https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117333718 This short clip shows the social model because it demonstrates how there are only stairs are an option for the women to get to the next level. Although she seems happy, to have a ramp, would be more accessible and inclusive for her and other people. It would at least provide a second option if she chooses to use it as opposed to forcing her to lift herself up multiple stairs. ]]> 2021-01-23 18:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117333718 Leilani Casiano https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117353780 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7HRnXxY_go
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I've copied a URL to a video of how people who live with mental illnesses in Ghana are treated. This video was introduced to me in a previous DHD class and it demonstrates the idea of the spiritual model because a lot of villages in Ghana believe that spiritual healing will "cure" mental illness.]]> 2021-01-23 18:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117353780 Leilani Casiano https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117373065 I thought this was a great example of the medical model because it shows the person with a disability in a glass case being examined/ showcased by medical professionals. There's gloves to physically examine the person within the case as well. The bubble says, "You know, sometimes Professor, I swear he understands everything we say!" As if people with disabilities aren't people, but specimens to show off and examine for others' medical benefits. ]]> 2021-01-23 19:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117373065 Melina Cuevas https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117550038
I chose this picture because I believe it accurately describes the medical model. Medical model views people with disabilities as a problem that needs to be fixed. The picture shows a human inside a circle with arrows pointing to them as a problem. They are being viewed as an object that needs to be cured in order to be seen as normal in society. ]]> 2021-01-23 21:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117550038 Melina Cuevas https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117558798 This picture to me describes the social model of disability. Social model is described as viewing society as the problem instead of the person with disabilities. The picture below shows a human who uses a wheelchair as unable to enter the polling stations because of accessibility. ]]> 2021-01-23 22:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117558798 Melina Cuevas https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117570818 This is an article that I found where a parent killed their child because of their disability. This is seen more often than we expect. 

]]> 2021-01-23 22:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1117570818 Brandon Sparkman https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119184177 I chose this comic because the medical model focuses on trying to fix the individual and infers that an individual with a disability is inferior. In the comic you see the sign displaying that they are training people how to stop upsetting others with their disability, and the lady's response is very appropriate because why lower her standards to be like the "normal" people.

]]> 2021-01-24 17:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119184177 Brandon Sparkman https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119193994 I chose the the ADA Compliant picture because I feel that the ADA (Americans Disabilities Act) is a perfect representation of the Social Model. Specifically the ADA's laws that requires accessible buildings and accommodations for individuals with disabilities so that they can enjoy the same luxuries as individuals who do not have disabilities.]]> 2021-01-24 17:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119193994 Brandon Sparkman https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119207756 I chose this picture because the Moral/Spiritual model of Disability associates disabilities with evil spirits and that the individual is disabled because of their own wrong doing and sins. I chose an exorcism picture because just like exorcisms the spiritual model relies on the help of prayer as an intervention to disability. ]]> 2021-01-24 17:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119207756 Jordan Alcantar https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119760969 I choose this simple cartoon to represent the moral/spiritual model of disability. The person with a disability is being told by someone that if they were more "righteous" or more religious that they would be able to walk again. ]]> 2021-01-24 22:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119760969 Jordan Alcantar https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119768845 I choose the logo for Autism Speaks as an example of the medical model. Autism Speaks focusses on ablest assumptions and fear-mongering ads/programs to "cure" Autistic people and say that they do not have a quality of life. They try to use medical authority and false scientific research to justify abusive treatments. ]]> 2021-01-24 23:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119768845 Jordan Alcantar https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119772851 I have a picture of one of the many inaccessible CTA stations. The mainstream assumptions would blame disabled people for not being able to even certain stations, but the social model would explain that the environments of the stations must change to allow all people to be able to access public transportation. ]]> 2021-01-24 23:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119772851 Serena Luciano https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119897963 “The medical model looks at what is 'wrong' with the person, not what the person needs.”]]> 2021-01-25 00:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119897963 https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119903442 2021-01-25 00:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119903442 Serena Luciano https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119910247 I chose this photo because it explains the social model an extremely simple way. Instead of providing solutions for those with disabilities, they are instead told that they are the problem and they need to change to fit the “norm.”
Since it’s blurry here’s what the photo says from left to right: 
“you’re going to have to change to fit into the system.”
“or how about you change the system so we can all fit?”]]> 2021-01-25 01:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119910247 Serena Luciano https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119922608 I found this article discussing how the bible portrays disability as a curse and lists various disabilities that are discussed within the bible. ]]> 2021-01-25 01:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119922608 Audrey Townsend https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119975718 2021-01-25 01:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119975718 Audrey Townsend https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119976448 2021-01-25 01:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119976448 Audrey Townsend https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119980335 2021-01-25 01:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119980335 Audrey Townsend https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119985846 2021-01-25 02:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119985846 Aida Ortega https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119998753 I chose this picture for the medical model because they see disability as a problem of the individual  and are focused on fixing it. In the picture the doctor is saying he can fix a person who is impaired. 

]]> 2021-01-25 02:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1119998753 JOCELYN ARANDA https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120026490 Amniocentesis is a test that is offered to expecting mothers/individuals to be able to identify/diagnose any chromosomal condition(s). This gives those expecting the options to have the baby, terminate pregnancy or choose adoption. 
- There is then further process onto procedures to try and precent these conditions. These techniques also emphasize the stigma of having a child with disabilities in the medical field- revolving preventing and/or curing disability like the Medical Model.
]]> 2021-01-25 02:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120026490 Aida Ortega https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120060389 This image represents the moral/spiritual model because it appears that it is showing the concept that a disability is given to an individual by a higher power.

]]> 2021-01-25 03:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120060389 Aida Ortega https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120093294 I chose this picture because it represents the way that there needs to be change in order to minimize any types of barriers.

]]> 2021-01-25 03:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120093294 Cavelle Brown https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120096013 Source: https://medium.com/@lora.rowan/disability-cfe44a40baaf

I chose this article because it represented how spectators develop a "savior" complex when they are interacting with people with disabilities.

]]> 2021-01-25 03:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120096013 JOCELYN ARANDA https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120124940 For years the movie theaters did not provide any type of accommodations to those with disabilities (Deaf/deaf/Blindness). Theaters now offer closed captioning for those that are D/deaf, making watching movies a bit more accessible. As the social model emphasizes making the environment around people with disabilities more accommodating instead of trying to cure the disability. ]]> 2021-01-25 03:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120124940 Cavelle Brown https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120128138 I chose this image because it shows how it is external factors that make a difference towards one's life and how they should be modified to be inclusive.]]> 2021-01-25 03:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120128138 Cavelle Brown https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120138403 I chose this image because it focuses on fixing the impairment and does not recognize the individual. The emphasis is on finding a cure. ]]> 2021-01-25 04:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120138403 JOCELYN ARANDA https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120173213 The assumption that disabilities are fixated under the perspective of religion. Giving a reason that God purposely chose a family to have a child with disabilities. ]]> 2021-01-25 04:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120173213 Alexi Sanchez https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120277785 I chose this image because it perpetrates how our society uses the term "disabled" instead of "disabled people" or "people with disabilities". This enforces that the disabled community is seen as a separate group.]]> 2021-01-25 05:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120277785 Alexi Sanchez https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120287257 I chose this image because it is representing that God is sending a message or a moral lesson to the parent of the child with a disability. ]]> 2021-01-25 05:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120287257 Amenah Basith https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120305538 In the comic, the man with the speech bubble is saying how their disability is the issue, and is some performative, due to not listening to the societal barriers and just dumping "resources" and expecting to "fix the problem"]]> 2021-01-25 05:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120305538 Amenah Basith https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120319959 This quote from Mohamed Jemni discusses the idea that the social model addresses, which is that the problem is with the inaccessiblity for the disability community and societal stereotypes. ]]> 2021-01-25 05:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120319959 Amenah Basith https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120325004 This explanation of the moral model backs up what we learned for this week in terms of believing that disability is some sort of religious or superstitious punishment, again putting the issue on the disability.]]> 2021-01-25 05:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120325004 Alexi Sanchez https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120326979 I chose this comic for the medical model because it focuses on how the hospital funding costs does not necessarily "treat" patients, but more like "match them up". Meaning that they bond the patients together instead of focusing on each individual's impairment. ]]> 2021-01-25 05:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1120326979 Sarah Reid https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1146521143 Comic shows how medical is not collaborative and doctors are the expert in "fixing" the disability with no input from the individual who lives with the disability

]]> 2021-02-01 00:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1146521143 Sarah Reid https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1146540096 This picture shows how with the use of assistive devices in the workplace this visually impaired individual is able to work. She is capable when we modify the environment ]]> 2021-02-01 00:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1146540096 Sarah Reid https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1146669328 In the past disability was seen in a negative lights, and people with disabilities were thought as evil or having a disability as a result of wrong doing in a past life]]> 2021-02-01 01:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1146669328 Melissa Chacko https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1157001902 This comic shows how people's disability / impairment is primarly seen from a textbook/diagnostic view point , without the person's holisitic case background

]]> 2021-02-03 05:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1157001902 Melissa Chacko https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1157008889 This picture shows how its important to take a step back and view a person's enviornment/surroundings but also taking into account their mental state ]]> 2021-02-03 05:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1157008889 Melissa Chacko https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1157008988 This image depicts how in the 18 and 1900s people believed that your morality could affect your physical health/ your offsprings']]> 2021-02-03 05:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1157008988 Maggie Hajduk https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1180285419 The image below displays a doctor 'lecturing' a young boy in a wheelchair on how the 'handicapped' need to learn to cope with being 'less human'. The young boy is pulling up on the doctor's lab coat looking at his 🤬, as his mother exclaims that the young boy has never seen anyone talk out their 🤬 before. This meme feeds into the idea of individuals with disabilities being viewed as the issue instead of the society. The doctor is lecturing the boy on why his disability is the issue and he must accept it.  ]]> 2021-02-09 04:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1180285419 Maggie Hajduk https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1180296600 This image displays the lack of accessibility individuals with disabilities face. In this image specifically, the individual is unable to get upstairs due to there only being stairs to go up. Society has emplaced these barriers, making it difficult for individuals with disabilities to take part in society. ]]> 2021-02-09 04:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1180296600 Veronica Briceno https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1213760403 The image below displays the audacity and simple lack that our society has towards the disability community. Also, the image shows the simplicity of the social model aspect being completely looked over!]]> 2021-02-18 04:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1213760403 William Kavanagh https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1435606039 This website below explains accommodations at the Smithsonian for the visually impaired.  I remember learning about the program that can locate where you are in the museum from an app from of my earlier classes. I feel that the social model brought this about as it is a proponent of public reform and accommodation. ]]> 2021-04-20 00:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kberg22/p44gsx6ibntk0yyo/wish/1435606039