Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 9, 2026

Multimodal Protocol for Assessing Metacognition and Self-Regulation in Adults with Learning Difficulties
Published on: September 27, 2020
The social model of disability: dichotomy between impairment and disability
Dimitris Anastasiou1, James M Kauffman
1Department of Educational Psychology, Southern Illinois University, 625 Wham Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA. anastasiou@siu.edu
Abstract:
The rhetoric of the social model of disability is presented, and its basic claims are critiqued. Proponents of the social model use the distinction between impairment and disability to reduce disabilities to a single social dimension-social oppression. They downplay the role of biological and mental conditions in the lives of disabled people. Consequences of denying biological and mental realities involving disabilities are discussed. People will benefit most by recognizing both the biological and the social dimensions of disabilities.
Related Concept Videos
Intellectual Disability
Models of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention II
The agent-host-environment model states that disease results from...
Modeling in Therapy
Participant Modeling
Participant modeling involves therapists demonstrating calm and effective behaviors in situations...
Models of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention I
The health belief model (HBM) attempts to predict health-related behavior in specific belief patterns. According to the HBM, a person's...
Concepts of Health and Illness
Social Facilitation

