Defining the status “person with a disability” in Ukraine

Author(s):  
O. Polumysna

Polumysna O. Defining the status “person with a disability” in UkraineThe article finds that the term “person with a disability” has constantly evolved, the attitude of society towards a person with a disability has been constantly changing. The nicknames that society assigned to this category of people, calling them lame, idiots, beggars, lunatics, social outsiders, the mentally retarded, the retarded, scarecrows for the healthy, samovars, etc. are considered. It was found that these names indicated only a person's disability or position in society and did not identify him as an ordinary person with his own needs and problems to be solved. In the twentieth century, only how able / incapable a person is came to the fore. At the end of the XX – beginning of the XXI century in many countries society began to pay attention not only to the medical indications of people with disabilities, but began to talk about the equality of these people in society, i.e. the implementation of the social model of disability. It is noted that the use of the words in-valid, dis-ability, mal-formation already fosters in society a negative attitude towards people with disabilities. It has been studied that the vast majority of researchers called people with disabilities “people with disabilities”, “people with special needs”, “people with disabilities”. In addition, there are sharper statements such as “abnormal student with disabilities”, “child with defects”, “special child”. After the law was passed in 2017, most scholars began using the term “person with a disability”. It was found that people with disabilities living in Ukraine ask not to be called autistic, cerebral palsy, downs, people with special needs, disabilities, and put a person first, and then his disability. There has been and in fact there is no consensus between society, scientists and people with disabilities themselves, as they are called, which indicates a certain imbalance and lack or one-sided communication in society.

Author(s):  
María Guadalupe Neder

Las 100 Reglas de Brasilia incluyen, a las personas con discapacidad, dentro de los colectivos de personas que sufren la denegación del acceso a la justicia, a raíz de su situación de vulnerabilidad. Ellas, no son vulnerables a raíz de sus limitaciones personales, sino que son situadas en “condición o situación de vulnerabilidad”, a raíz de la hostilidad actitudinal y física de la sociedad, que no es capaz de incluir y prever las necesidades derivadas de su diversidad en el diseño de una sociedad verdaderamente inclusiva. En este marco, nos preguntamos ¿qué rol debe cumplir el Poder Judicial frente a los obstáculos que se le presenta a una persona con discapacidad en el ejercicio de sus derechos?   The 100 Brasilia Rules include, for people with disabilities, among the groups of people who suffer denial of access to justice, as a result of their situation of vulnerability. They are not vulnerable as a consequence of their personal limitations, but because they are placed in a "condition or situation of vulnerability", as a result of the attitudinal and physical hostility of society, which is unable to include and anticipate the needs derived from their diversity in the design of a truly inclusive society.  In this context, we ask ourselves what role should courts play in face of the obstacles that a person with special needs have in the exercise of their rights?


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marivete Gesser ◽  
Reginaldo Medeiros Martins

Abstract This study aimed to identify the contributions of the discipline of “Disabilities and Inclusion” offered by the Specialization Course on Gender and Diversity at School (GDS) to promote inclusive educational processes for people with disabilities in basic education. Nine GDS students who were professionals from educational area participated in the research. The information was obtained through a focus group, recorded with the participants’ consent and analyzed based on the thematic content analysis method. The results indicated that there was a change in conception of disability, previously based in charitable and/or in biomedical conceptions, now more in line with the Social Model of Disability and with the precepts of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In addition, the knowledge obtained by the participants contributed to the construction of pedagogical strategies more focused on the inclusion of people with disabilities considering their specificities.


2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-56
Author(s):  
Katherine Read

The Social Model of Disability sees “disabled people disabled by physical, organisational and/or attitudinal/behavioural barriers in society. For instance it is not an inability to climb stairs that excludes wheelchair users from accessing the different floors of a library but the fact that a lift or ramp is not provided in the first place” (Jones, 2002)


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 452-462
Author(s):  
Syeda Sultana Parveen

This study employs a small-scale survey to investigate the lives of Bangladeshi disabled residents in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Survey instruments include individual interviews and focus group discussions with people with disabilities in the Bangladeshi community. The paper also investigates the health and social care activities of Tower Hamlets Council through the lens of the social model of disability. The findings show that there are numerous facilities available for people with disabilities, but there is still a lack of satisfaction with the services provided to the community.


Author(s):  
Eduardo Avalos

En el presente artículo se realiza un análisis sobre la evolución en los diversos contextos históricos y/o sociales de las personas con discapacidad. Para luego adentrarse en la normativa que tiene jerarquía constitucional en Argentina como la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad,  igualmente se analizan casos jurisprudenciales de Comisión Interamericana como la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos han intervenido en casos originados por la violación de derechos de las personas con discapacidad, y la justicia federal. Finalmente, se concluye con una relexión personal sobre la discapacidad como cuestión social, diferenciando el rol normativo, y judicial en Argentina. Abstract In this article an analysis is made of the evolution in the various historical and / or social contexts of people with disabilities. To later delve into the regulations that have constitutional hierarchy in Argentina such as the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, jurisprudential cases of the Inter-American Commission are also analyzed, such as the Inter American Court of Human Rights that have intervened in cases originating from the violation of rights people with disabilities, and federal justice. Finally, it concludes with a personal relection on disability as a social issue, diferentiating the normative and judicial role in Argentina.


2015 ◽  
pp. 619-628
Author(s):  
Marija Cvijetic

This paper deals with the participation of people with disabilities in the society. Participation is one of the central concepts in international documents that were created under the influence of the social model of disability, which has shifted the focus of responsibility from one?s impairment to his/her environment. Review of experiences of adults with disabilities regarding the obstacles they face in relation to employment, intimate relationships, marriage and parenthood shows that the intensity and quality of participation of people with disabilities depend on a complex interaction between a person?s characteristics and specificities and his/her immediate and wider environment.


Author(s):  
Jeremiah M. Moruri ◽  
Naftali K. Rop ◽  
Ruth J. Choge

Mainstreaming is a concept and practice of educating learners with challenges in regular education settings. Mainstreaming advocates for education of all categories of learners without discriminating the specific group of individuals with disabilities. The study sought to assess strategies used by teachers in readiness for mainstreaming of learners with special needs in public primary schools in Masaba South Sub County, Kisii County, Kenya. The study was underpinned by the Social Model of Disability theory. Simple random sampling was used to select a sample of 234 teachers while purposive sampling was used to select the 25 headteachers from the schools which were used in the study. Questionnaires were employed for data collection. A pilot study was carried out in one of the schools within the study area. The study adopted survey research design to investigate the study variables. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used in analyzing data. The findings of the study found out that teachers’ attitude, professional development and experience influence mainstreaming. The study also observed that for mainstreaming to be achieved, the curriculum needs to be structured, teachers should be trained in special needs education, and the school environment should meet the needs of learners with special needs. It is recommendable that the government and all education stakeholders should jointly enhance expansion of facilities in the already established schools. This will encourage all teachers, trained or not to be ready to handle all categories of learners in the mainstream settings in Masaba South Sub County.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Twardowski

Twardowski Andrzej, Controversies around the social model of disability. Culture – Society – Education no 2(16) 2019, Poznań 2019, pp. 7–21, Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISSN 2300-0422. DOI: 10.14746/kse.2019.16.1 The aim of the article is to present a critical analysis of the social model of disability.In the first part, the author discusses the genesis, essence and basic advantages of the social model of disability. Next, five major disadvantages of this model are analysed:/1/ avoiding dealing with impairment as an important aspect of the lives of people with disabilities, /2/ separating impairment from disability, /3/ assuming that all people with disabilities are exposed to social oppression, /4/ postulating the creation of an environment without barriers and /5/ assuming that disability is the basis of the identity of people affected by it. In the final part of the article, the author presents reflections on the possibility of creating a new, more holistic model of disability.


Author(s):  
Marcin Wlazło

With the development of disability studies the awareness of “false universalization of disability” increased. It was realized that both theoretical and practical abuse is to treat disability as the main and even the only factor that binds the environment of people with disabilities. The configurations of the aspects of oppression and discriminatory attitudes have been in fact much more complex and elaborate than it was originally thought according to the promotion of the social model of disability. The article addresses the problem of multiplicity and simultaneous oppression, in which disability co-exists among other factors, considering gender, race or age of human as no less important factors of marginalization, violation of law and social exclusion.


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