Social Model Theory: The story so far

Tregaskis, Claire

doi:10.1080/09687590220140377

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“…From the 1960s onwards, the social model of disability began to gain momentum in western society (Barnes, 1996;Tregaskis, 2002). Although this perspective or model took somewhat different forms in different places and at different times, the forms all shared important features.…”

Section: Disability Rights and Deaf Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Disability, Deafness and Ideology in the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first Centuries

McDonnell

2016

Educ. Real.

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-Disability, Deafness and Ideology in the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first Centuries. Ideology constitutes an important site of struggle for disabled people and for Deaf communities. In recent decades two ideologies -normalisation and rights -have offered different answers to the question of what it means to be disabled or Deaf. Both ideologies emerged in the post World War II period; both challenged long-established institutional structures and professional practices; and both appealed to notions of human and civil rights. However, normalisation is fundamentally paternalistic where reform is seen to be a matter for professional expertise and to be negotiated in academic circles and in the domains of professional practice. In contrast, a rights ideology is based on a social model of disability and a socio-cultural model of deafness that oppose the exclusion of disabled and Deaf people from strategic and participative roles in defining the issues, in policy making, and in decision taking. Where normalisation seeks to eradicate or attenuate difference, a rights' perspective advocates recognition and respect for difference; where normalising ideology looks to expertise and organisational change for solutions, disability movements and Deaf communities argue that the most satisfactory answers are to be found in the fields of politics and power. Keywords: Deaf community. Disability. Ideology. Normalisation. Rights. RESUMO -Deficiência, Surdez e Ideologia no Final do Século XX e Início do Século XXI.A ideologia constitui um importante campo de luta para pessoas com deficiência e para as comunidades Surdas. Nas últimas dé-cadas, duas ideologias -a da normalização e a dos direitos -têm oferecido diferentes respostas à questão do que significa ser deficiente ou Surdo. Ambas as ideologias emergiram no período após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, desafiaram práticas profissionais e estruturas institucionais há muito estabelecidas e recorreram às noções de direitos civis e humanos. Contudo, a da normalização é fundamentalmente paternalista na medida em que a correção é vista como uma questão de competência profissional, negociada em círculos acadêmicos e domínios de prática profissional. Em comparação, uma ideologia dos direitos é baseada em um modelo social de deficiência e em um modelo sociocultural de surdez que se opõem à exclusão dos Surdos e das pessoas com deficiência de funções estratégicas e participativas na definição de problemas, na formulação de políticas e na tomada de decisões. Enquanto a normalização procura erradicar ou atenuar a diferença, uma perspectiva dos direitos defende o reconhecimento e o respeito à diferença; enquanto a ideologia normalizadora busca soluções na competência e nas mudanças organizacionais, os movimentos de pessoas com deficiên-cia e das comunidades Surdas defendem que respostas mais satisfatórias podem ser encontradas no campo da política e do poder. Palavras-chave: Comunidade Surda. Deficiência. Ideologia. Normalização. Direitos.

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Section: Disability Rights and Deaf Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is general agreement that the development of a social model of disability has been instrumental in politicising disabled people and their allies throughout the world (Barnes, 1998;Tregaskis, 2002). It has shifted attention from psycho-medical conditions to civil and human rights.…”

Section: Disability Rights and Deaf Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disability, Deafness and Ideology in the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first Centuries

McDonnell

2016

Educ. Real.

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“…[87][88][89] One study 90 drew on two social science theories. The themes of social model theory, distinguishing impairment from disability and eliminating discrimination and removing barriers to access 91,92 have been incorporated into the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health -Children and Youth version (ICF-CY) 93 (see Modelling process: developing programme theory), which is recommended for understanding context in evaluative studies. 94 The theory of psychosocial development 95 was used to understand how changes brought on by adolescence affect adherence to therapy and adaptation to illness.…”

Section: Modelling Process: Developing Programme Theorymentioning

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Aquatic therapy for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial and mixed-methods process evaluation

Hind

Parkin

Whitworth

et al. 2017

Health Technol Assess

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BackgroundDuchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare disease that causes the progressive loss of motor abilities such as walking. Standard treatment includes physiotherapy. No trial has evaluated whether or not adding aquatic therapy (AT) to land-based therapy (LBT) exercises helps to keep muscles strong and children independent.ObjectivesTo assess the feasibility of recruiting boys with DMD to a randomised trial evaluating AT (primary objective) and to collect data from them; to assess how, and how well, the intervention and trial procedures work.DesignParallel-group, single-blind, randomised pilot trial with nested qualitative research.SettingSix paediatric neuromuscular units.ParticipantsChildren with DMD aged 7–16 years, established on corticosteroids, with a North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA) score of 8–34 and able to complete a 10-m walk without aids/assistance. Exclusions: > 20% variation between baseline screens 4 weeks apart and contraindications.InterventionsParticipants were allocated on a 1 : 1 ratio to (1) optimised, manualised LBT (prescribed by specialist neuromuscular physiotherapists) or (2) the same plus manualised AT (30 minutes, twice weekly for 6 months: active assisted and/or passive stretching regime; simulated or real functional activities; submaximal exercise). Semistructured interviews with participants, parents (n = 8) and professionals (n = 8) were analysed using Framework analysis. An independent rater reviewed patient records to determine the extent to which treatment was optimised. A cost-impact analysis was performed. Quantitative and qualitative data were mixed using a triangulation exercise.Main outcome measuresFeasibility of recruiting 40 participants in 6 months, participant and therapist views on the acceptability of the intervention and research protocols, clinical outcomes including NSAA, independent assessment of treatment optimisation and intervention costs.ResultsOver 6 months, 348 children were screened – most lived too far from centres or were enrolled in other trials. Twelve (30% of target) were randomised to AT (n = 8) or control (n = 4). People in the AT (n = 8) and control (n = 2: attrition because of parental report) arms contributed outcome data. The mean change in NSAA score at 6 months was –5.5 [standard deviation (SD) 7.8] for LBT and –2.8 (SD 4.1) in the AT arm. One boy suffered pain and fatigue after AT, which resolved the same day. Physiotherapists and parents valued AT and believed that it should be delivered in community settings. The independent rater considered AT optimised for three out of eight children, with other children given programmes that were too extensive and insufficiently focused. The estimated NHS costs of 6-month service were between £1970 and £2734 per patient.LimitationsThe focus on delivery in hospitals limits generalisability.ConclusionsNeither a full-scale frequentist randomised controlled trial (RCT) recruiting in the UK alone nor a twice-weekly open-ended AT course delivered at tertiary centres is feasible. Further intervention development research is needed to identify how community-based pools can be accessed, and how families can link with each other and community physiotherapists to access tailored AT programmes guided by highly specialised physiotherapists. Bayesian RCTs may be feasible; otherwise, time series designs are recommended.Trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN41002956.FundingThis project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full inHealth Technology Assessment; Vol. 21, No. 27. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.

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“…Though few researches are undertaken regarding the issue but most of them have focused on technological perspective or supply side where they have tried to show how different technological innovations can increase the capability of disabled people (Bigham et al, 2008, Forgrave 2002, MacArthur 2009) which is parallel to thought of medical/individual model (Llewellyn and Hogan, 2000) where disability is regarded "patient" subject either to cure or to ongoing medical care. But today disabled concept is considered from social perspective (Tregaskis, 2002;Barnes and Mercer, 2005) which considers disabled as the "loss or limitations of opportunities that prevents people who have impairments from taking part in the normal life of the community on an equal level with others due to physical and social barriers. "-(Cited in Finkelstein and French, 1993).…”

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Information Communication Technology (ICT) for Disabled Persons in Bangladesh: Preliminary Study of Impact/Outcome

Zahid¹,

Ashraf

Malik³

et al. 2013

Grand Successes and Failures in IT. Public and Private Sectors

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Social Model Theory: The story so far

Cited by 140 publications

References 38 publications

Disability, Deafness and Ideology in the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first Centuries

Disability, Deafness and Ideology in the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first Centuries

Aquatic therapy for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial and mixed-methods process evaluation

Information Communication Technology (ICT) for Disabled Persons in Bangladesh: Preliminary Study of Impact/Outcome

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