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The Medical Model Led to a Social Misconception of Disability

The medical model is highly revolved around rehabilitation and the idea that the individual can “fix themselves”. This has led to misleading ideologies of what constitutes the subjective disability experience. Additionally, this resulted in society unintentionally displaying oppressive behavior towards the disabled community.

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Updated 2022-10-17

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Disability Studies

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