Social inclusion and the social model of disability

Social inclusion and the social model of disability

1. Number of barriers

   • Environmental
     • Prevent from getting out and about
     • Expression of society's underlying attitudes
   • Attitudinal
   • Structural

2. The social consquences of having an impairment

   • Prevented for participating fully In Home and family life

3. Social model devised by disabled academics

4. Chronically sick and disabled persons(CSDP)

   • Social services and housing authorities
   • Placed duty on local authorities
   • Designed to secure greater safety, comfort and convinence

5. Public sector housing legislation - look at their housing stock

   • Stigma attached to separate housing
     • Lack of choice

6. DFG

   • Partnership between housing, health and social care

7. Centres for integrated living

   • Run by disabled people
   • Meeting needs on a number of levels

8. Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)

   • Transport
   • Property

9. More planning in new builds to make them more accessible and adaptable as people chnage

   • Lifetime homes