I feel reflect some of the contrasting models of disability which we have looked at in Units 1-4 of the course materials (E214‚ The Open University‚ 2010). The first resource comes from the National Autistic Society’s website and the second comes from the national newspaper The Guardian. The first resource (Appendix A) is an information page entitled ‘What is Asperger Syndrome’ and particularly focusses on the medical/deficit model of disability‚ a model which involves identifying symptoms‚ diagnosing
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Performance Evidence: Explore Models of Disability Date of activity: 12th October 2013 Ref to other units 58‚1.1 58‚1.2 58‚ 1.3 58‚2.1 58‚3‚3.1‚2‚3 58‚3.2‚3 58.2.2 58‚2.3 Examples of some theoretical models of disability are as follows; The medical model: is presented as viewing disability as a problem of the person
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Medical Model of Disability The medical model of disability is one that is primarily concerned with the justification of disability. It sees disability purely as a problem of the individual‚ without any discrimination between the impairment faced and the disability itself. “Any economic or social deprivation encountered by disabled people was located within the individual and their impairment.” (Swain et al.‚ 2003) To put it simply‚ a disabled person is seen as faulty and in need of fixing or curing
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Attention Deficiency Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). The two approaches are the Biomedical Model that posits that ADHD is a mental disorder that has a biological basis un its aetiology and the Social Construct Theory which indicates that ADHD is not a real disorder but a socially constructed explanation for behaviours that are outside social norms. Biomedical model of ADHD The causes of ADHD are unknown but the biomedical model of ADHD posits that ADHD results from an interaction of a network of biological
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treatment and delivery and the differences between the social and medical model will address how the individual is treated in relation to health care. Key issues surrounding a work place or educational environment and generally the discrimination they face from different aspects within society will be discussed from a critical perspective. The introduction of relevant government legislation‚ in particular the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the new Act in 2005 will show what measures have
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Critically discuss the biomedical model and social model of health and how they relate to lay perspective on health and illness. For this essay I will be analytically examining the models of health; the biomedical model and social model. I will explain the advantages and disadvantages of these models and how they relate to the lay person’s viewpoint on health and illness. Models of health are ‘conceptual frameworks’ or another method of thinking about health. The biomedical model of health has been
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The main purpose of the biomedical model of health is to cure diseases in which health professionals will use scientifically tested methods to address a diagnosed illness. The biomedical model of health focuses on purely biological factors‚ and excludes psychological‚ environmental‚ and social influences. This model relates to the functionalist approach of health as it specifies that health is the absences of disease and it’s regarded as dysfunctional for the society as individuals cannot make a
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M1 assess the biomedical and socio-medical models of health Biomedical model I am going to assess the two models of health which are the biomedical model which this is objective and socio medical model which is subjective‚ I will be capering the two models of health by linking it to perspectives and to write my own examples to show my own understanding. In addition I will be explaining to what extent each model takes into account as if there are any environmental and social issues that should be
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Outline and Evaluate Biological Explanation for Mental Illness The Biomedical model of Mental Illness states that metal illness is caused by either a physical problem with the brain‚ for example that some schizophrenic patients have parts of there hippocampus missing. Genetics‚ meaning that you inherit a genetic pre-disposition to depression or some other mental illness as someone in your close family had that mental illness‚ or down to neurotransmitter (serotonin‚ dopamine...) imbalances in
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teeth. The list is endless really. This assignment made me realize just how difficult some of these simple tasks are for many people in our society. The first task of this assignment was to visit the library and sign out some books related to disability. For most people this doesn ’t present any problems. But for a wheelchair bound person or one with limited mobility‚ there are huge obstacles to overcome. Personally I had little trouble maneuvering from place to place. In a matter of minutes
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