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  2. Mike Oliver (disability advocate) - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Michael James Hoiles Oliver[1] (3 February 1945 – 2 March 2019) [2] was a British sociologist, author, and disability rights activist. He was the first Professor of Disability Studies in the world, and key advocate of the social model of disability.

  3. Models of disability - Wikipedia

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    Models of disability are analytic tools in disability studies used to articulate different ways disability is conceptualized by individuals and society broadly. [1] [2] Disability models are useful for understanding disagreements over disability policy, [2] teaching people about ableism, [3] providing disability-responsive health care, [3] and articulating the life experiences of disabled people.

  4. Social model of disability - Wikipedia

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    The social model of disability identifies systemic barriers, derogatory attitudes, and social exclusion (intentional or inadvertent), which make it difficult or impossible for disabled people to attain their valued functionings. The social model of disability diverges from the dominant medical model of disability, which is a functional analysis ...

  5. Disability - Wikipedia

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    The market model of disability is minority rights and consumerist model of disability that recognizing disabled people and their stakeholders as representing a large group of consumers, employees, and voters. This model looks to personal identity to define disability and empowers people to chart their own destiny in everyday life, with a ...

  6. Disability rights movement - Wikipedia

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    The disability rights movement is a global [1] [2] [3] social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities.. It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around the world working together with similar goals and demands, such as: accessibility and safety in architecture, transportation, and the ...

  7. James Charlton (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Discrimination. James I. Charlton is an American author, disability rights activist, and Executive Vice President of Access Living in Chicago. [1] He holds that disability is socially constructed. [2] He created a model of the disability rights movement that differentiates between a number of different kinds of organizations.

  8. Beatrice Wright (psychologist) - Wikipedia

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    Beatrice Ann Wright (born Beatrice Ann Posner December 16, 1917 – July 31, 2018) was an American psychologist known for her work in Rehabilitation psychology.She was the author of a seminal work on disability and psychology, Physical Disability—A Psychological Approach (1960) and its second edition, retitled Physical Disability—A Psychosocial Approach (1983).

  9. Disability in the United States - Wikipedia

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    People with disabilities in the United States are a significant minority group, making up a fifth of the overall population and over half of Americans older than eighty. [1] [2] There is a complex history underlying the U.S. and its relationship with its disabled population, with great progress being made in the last century to improve the livelihood of disabled citizens through legislation ...