Inevitable Studios kicks off with a substantial development fund aimed at fostering projects with disability baked into ...

Senate Bill 657 is not a response to stakeholder consensus. It is a legislative shortcut that risks undoing protections that were built to uphold dignity, autonomy and inclusion for some of the ...

The New York Retirement and Disability Research Center was one of six centers focused on the ways Social Security benefits could be more equitably applied across America’s socioeconomic spectrum. The ...

The social model emphasizes social structures that impede mobility, relationships and flourishing in contrast with the medical model of disability, which highlights individual deficits.

However, the Public Accounts Committee has found that underpayment rates are highest for disability benefits – meaning that disabled people are being paid less than they are entitled to from the DWP.

Language that individualises the impairment and overlooks disabling social barriers, for example, words like “afflicted,” “suffering” and “victim”, should be avoided, it said.

Not all disabilities affect mobility. Disability can affect people in a wide range of ways, and many disabilities are not apparent to others. Therefore, mobility and disability are not opposites.

Venice itself serves as a living example of the social model of disability. By one estimate, more than 50% of Venice is accessible, yet most of its famous bridges lack ramps and stair assists.

Johnny Timpson, a passionate advocate for equality, equity and inclusion was formerly the government’s disability and access ambassador. Timpson advocates for the ‘Social Model of Disability’.

The social model of disability is a framework that emphasises how social, cultural and environmental factors shape disability. The aim is to empower individuals and create a more inclusive society by ...

In the social model, a person with OAB may have a disability if their environment does not accommodate their needs, such as working in a place that does not allow regular bathroom breaks.

The social model of disability: Created by disabled people, the social model argues humans naturally come in a variety of bodyminds, which are changed and shaped by our environment.