Coauthored by Scott Frankowski, PhD, Nazanin Heydarian, PhD, and Kathleen Bogart, PhD A person in a wheelchair and a standing person hug. Source: Chona Kasinger / Disabled and Here / Creative ...

According to the social model, ‘disability’ refers to the ways that socially constructed barriers are disabling towards people with impairments or differences. In contrast, the medical model views a ...

It says disability is caused by society’s failures to create a world where disabled people have equal access to the same ...

the different models of disability such as the social model versus the medical model and disability inclusive language and bias. After that, it’s time to get creative with an end goal of having ...

Disability often framed as a ‘problem’ in medical school curriculum for doctors to diagnose, treat Negative ideas about disability have a direct, negative effect on workforce diversity in ...

As second year medical students, Baylee Kennedy and Kimberly Lipton have been learning about neuroscience and how the nervous system works. They had read about clonus—an abnormal reflex response—but ...