The social model was a game changer

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The social model of disability says that people are disabled by barriers in society, such as buildings not having a ramp or accessible toilets, or people’s attitudes, like assuming people with disability can’t do certain things. Emerging in the 1980s the social model has played an important role in the history of the disability rights … Continued

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