Scholars would argue there are two main approaches to defining disability

• The first approach is the idea that disability is created through social inequality, oppression, and exclusion (often called disability studies)
• The other, a sub-category called the ‘sociology of chronic illness and disability’, is the idea that disability is a result of illness and impairment which then leads to suffering and social disadvantage (often used by people studying medical sociology)
• These differing approaches are not often used in conversation with one another and scholars tend to stick to their approach rather than combine aspects