{"id":347,"date":"2020-11-18T18:21:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T18:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2020-11-24T13:29:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:29:49","slug":"social-model-of-disability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\/social-model-of-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Model of Disability"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"347\" class=\"elementor elementor-347\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20f9041a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"33299\" data-id=\"20f9041a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-185787b7\" data-eae-slider=\"88426\" data-id=\"185787b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc0c22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"6dc0c22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"item-home\"><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"separator separator-home\"> > <\/li><\/ul>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1199e658 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1199e658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Social Model of Disability\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3343505d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"1120\" data-id=\"3343505d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e1ead76\" data-eae-slider=\"98297\" data-id=\"4e1ead76\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-72915a4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"50567\" data-id=\"72915a4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ca24e3f\" data-eae-slider=\"97752\" data-id=\"1ca24e3f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cc7d301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cc7d301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Disability is still too often viewed by some politicians, employers, organisations and members of the public as an individual tragedy, or only as a health issue.<\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">This suggests that it\u2019s people\u2019s impairments which make it harder for us to be involved in society equally to others. In this thinking, the solution is to \u2018fix\u2019 individuals so we fit in to a society run by and for non-disabled people, or to offer us pity and charity.<\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">This doesn\u2019t explain disabled people\u2019s experience of the world. That\u2019s why disabled people developed the Social Model of Disability. We know that the real reason we cannot take part in everyday life on the same basis as others is because society is organised unfairly.<\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Society puts up barriers for disabled people. These can be bad attitudes, poor physical access, or the way organisations do things. For example, strict 9-5 working hours exclude many disabled people who would work much better with some control over their routine.<\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Barriers like these stop us from being fully included in everything &#8211; from work, education, and housing to entertainment and travel. Once barriers are removed, everyone can participate equally.<\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Individuals and organisations need to recognise how they exclude disabled people, and take practical steps to change.<\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Every Monday we discuss the Social Model, with specific examples of common problems and solutions. Follow or join in the conversation on Twitter at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SocialModelMonday\" style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; cursor: pointer;\">#SocialModelMonday<\/a><\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; font-weight: 700;\"><\/span>If you need support or advice to remove barriers effectively in your organisation,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/support-for-employers\" style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; cursor: pointer;\">we can help you.<\/a>&nbsp;Please do get in touch.<\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; font-weight: 700;\">Useful Links<\/span><\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">A Life Raft in a Stormy Sea: Everyday disability politics rooted in the social model by Lorraine Gradwell &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tonybaldwinson.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/collected_works_-_lorraine_gradwell_vol_1_-_2015.pdf\" style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; cursor: pointer;\">https:\/\/tonybaldwinson.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/collected_works_-_lorraine_gradwell_vol_1_-_2015.pdf<\/a><\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Leeds Disability Archive: The aim of the Disability Archive UK is to provide disabled people, students and scholars access to the writings of those disability activists, writers and allies whose work may no longer be easily accessible in the public domain &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk\/library\/\" style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; cursor: pointer;\">https:\/\/disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk\/library\/<\/a><\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Social Model (GMCDP) &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmcdp.com\/beliefs-values-aims\/social-model\" style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; cursor: pointer;\">https:\/\/www.gmcdp.com\/beliefs-values-aims\/social-model<\/a><\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Social Model Animation (Geoff Adams-Spink) &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9s3NZaLhcc4\" style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; cursor: pointer;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9s3NZaLhcc4<\/a><\/p><p style=\"transition: border-color 500ms ease-out 50ms; 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