- Several scholars take issue with the social model because they say it is obvious that both social barriers and impairments cause disability
- They argue that everyone should be viewed as impaired in some way, depending on the situations, but how much you are impaired will influence what is labeled as disabled

Additional Critiques to Social Model

- He critiqued the usage of the social model of disability, however, when he said that it is becoming too formulistic
- That is, a model does not explain how something works - you would need a theory for that - but it is simply one way in which to interpret the lived experiences of people with disabilities


University of Virginia, Charlottesville

- One of the co-founders of the Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS)
- They formed this group based on principles that would eventually become core tenants of the social model of disability 
- They fought against the common understanding that disability was an individual issue and championed the idea that it is society and its values that create and impose disabilities onto people
- The social model of disability is often linked to Finkelstein’s materialistic conception of disability

Vic Finkelstein’s Contributions to the Sociology of Disability

Thomas, C. (2004). How is disability understood? an examination of sociological approaches. Disability &amp; Society, 19(6), 569–583. https://doi.org/10.1080/0968759042000252506 

Learn Before

Related

Learn After