If you need to describe a person’s disability, ask them what language they would prefer. At the University of Bristol, we use the social model of disability. This is explained by Scope as follows: ...

Absorb a variety of ideas about disability, including some that you may not have thought about before, or that you have been skeptical about previously. Learn about, or revisit, the Social Model ...

These factors interact with disability to shape individuals’ experiences and the barriers they face. According to the social model, ‘disability’ refers to the ways that socially constructed barriers ...

the different models of disability such as the social model versus the medical model and disability inclusive language and bias. After that, it’s time to get creative with an end goal of having ...

Northern Advocate columnist Jonny Wilkinson is the CEO of Tiaho Trust - Disability A Matter of Perception, a Whangārei-based ...

In 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ruled that long COVID is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. As of January, the Social Security Administration (SSA ...

A model based with a rare condition is using social media to raise awareness of her dynamic disability. Siobhan Cousins, 38, was diagnosed with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome earlier this year ...