What is disability?
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- Title:
- What is disability?
- Description:
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This session will explore the meaning of disability, including the barriers that are commonly faced by disabled people and the ways in which perceptions of disability are changing.
Please note for some images in this session, the people depicted are models and for representative purposes only.
- Hierarchy:
- Disability Matters > Understanding Disability > What is disability?
- Author(s):
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Tom Shakespeare
Reviewed by: Nathaniel Scherer
- Created:
- 22 Feb 2017
- Last Major Update:
- 31 Dec 2019
- Keywords:
- 430-1001, disability, matters, disabled, impairment, individual, society, barrier, physical, emotional, environmental, discrimination, inclusion, social model, interaction, World Health Organization, WHO, terminology, positive, negative, offensive
- Quicklink:
- 430-1001
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- Title:
- What is disability?
- Description:
-
This session will explore the meaning of disability, including the barriers that are commonly faced by disabled people and the ways in which perceptions of disability are changing.
Please note for some images in this session, the people depicted are models and for representative purposes only.
- Hierarchy:
- Disability Matters > Understanding Disability > What is disability?
- Author(s):
-
Tom Shakespeare
Reviewed by: Nathaniel Scherer
- Created:
- 22 Feb 2017
- Last Major Update:
- 31 Dec 2019
- Keywords:
- 430-1001, disability, matters, disabled, impairment, individual, society, barrier, physical, emotional, environmental, discrimination, inclusion, social model, interaction, World Health Organization, WHO, terminology, positive, negative, offensive
- Quicklink:
- 430-1001