We have been disabled: How the pandemic has proven the social model of disability

This led me to thinking about how the current environment is leading to disability accommodations becoming widely available, not because of some ethical awakening or increased empathy but because now everyone is disabled. If we follow the logic of the social model of disability, we are now working in an environment that is not ideal for the vast majority rather than an unseen minority. Allow me to expand on that for you by giving you some examples.

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Topics:
Ableism and disability models, Emergency management

Author:
Nancy Doyle

Source:
Forbs

Date published:
Wed 29th Apr, 2020