CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The medical model of disability is presented as viewing disability as a problem of the person, directly caused by disease, trauma, or other health condition which therefore requires sustained medical care provided in the form of individual treatment by professionals.

Detailed explanation-2: -’Disability’ is seen ‘to be a problem of the individual. From the medical model, a person with disability is in need of being fixed or cured. From this point of view, disability is a tragedy and people with disability are to be pitied. The medical model of disability is all about what a person cannot do and cannot be.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ADA defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. This includes people who have a record of such an impairment, even if they do not currently have a disability.

Detailed explanation-4: -Medical models of disability equate pathology with inherent disability. For example, a person with hearing loss is considered disabled, just as a person with cancer is considered disabled. In these models, the disability is viewed as a defect that the field of medicine and healthcare professionals must fix.