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

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 ...

A new bill in Congress aims to end a longstanding disparity that limits long-term disability coverage for mental health and ...

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

She agreed with previous research conclusions that neither a purely medical model of disability/illness nor a purely social model serves the best interests of PWD. 2 A cultural model, however ...

Badenoch’s comments are misguided, showing a fundamental misunderstanding of neurodevelopmental disability, economic levers and the law which she was once paid tax payer’s money to uphold.

It defines disability as the result of the interaction of a person with a health condition and their context (social, physical and attitudinal), while in the traditional medical model, disability ...

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 ...