What impact do you think the medical model has on the way the non-disabled people regard disabled people?

Respond to 1 of the following questions :
1. What impact do you think the medical model has on the way the non-disabled people regard disabled people?
2. What impact do you think the medical model has on the way disabled people see themselves?
3. Why do you think many disabled people have rejected the medical model?
4. In what ways does the social model allow us to challenge traditional ways of thinking about disability?
5. The social model is an idea that has been developed by disabled people rather than by professionals or carers. Why is this important?

Respond to 1 of the following questions :
6. What implications does the Universal Design have for the way local services are planned and delivered?
7. How/in what ways does the concept of Universal Design benefit both the disability community and the larger community?

Respond to the following question :
1. Drawing on the except from Mladenov, as you currently understand the Social & Medical Models of Disability, what model appears to dominate in Bulgaria at the moment. What evidence can you point to to support your response? What similarities and/or differences do you observe between the lived experience of disability in Bulgaria, disability in the United States, and/or disability in a cultural setting you know well?

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