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Juan Toro1,2, Julian Kiverstein3,4, Erik Rietveld4,5,6
1Center for Subjectivity Research, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Frontiers in Psychology
|June 30, 2020
Summary
The Ecological-Enactive (EE) model of disability considers both lived experience and physiological aspects. It differentiates pathology from normal embodiment by assessing adaptability to environmental changes, offering a more holistic view of disability.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Psychology
- Disability Studies
Background:
- Traditional medical and social models of disability overlook the lived experience of the disabled body.
- Existing models reduce disability to a purely physiological condition, neglecting embodied experience.
Purpose of the Study:
- Introduce the Ecological-Enactive (EE) model of disability.
- Integrate enactive cognitive science and ecological psychology to address both lived and physiological dimensions of disability.
- Differentiate disability from pathology based on embodied adaptation.
Main Methods:
- Developed the Ecological-Enactive (EE) model by combining enactive cognitive science and ecological psychology.
- Analyzed the distinction between disability and pathology.
- Utilized phenomenological interviews with individuals with Cerebral Palsy to ground the model in lived experience.
Main Results:
- The EE model offers a framework that respects both the lived experience and physiological aspects of disability.
- Pathology is defined by a reduced capacity to adapt to environmental changes, distinguishing it from normal embodiment.
- The study provides a nuanced understanding of disability by incorporating embodied experience.
Conclusions:
- The Ecological-Enactive model provides a more comprehensive understanding of disability than previous models.
- Adaptability to environmental changes is a key differentiator between pathological and normal embodiment.
- Phenomenological data enriches the theoretical framework by centering the lived experience of disabled individuals.
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