A generation ago, people with disabilities were rarely in the room when their welfare was under discussion. Decisions about ...

Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick, PhD is the Lab Director. The SoDI Lab applies the social model of disability, primarily targeting research and interventions that change society to improve the outcomes of ...

These questions were later criticized because they did not align with the social model of disability, which frames disability not only as an individual attribute but also as a result of societal ...

These factors interact with disability to shape individuals’ experiences and the barriers they face. According to the social model, ‘disability’ refers to the ways that socially constructed barriers ...

To many autistic people, the puzzle piece represents stigma, exclusion and a harmful push to make them conform.

The idea of barriers is an important one in the social model of disability. According to this model, disability comes not from the existence of an impairment but from barriers that society creates.

When we talk about disability, race, gender, or culture, the language we use has the power to either uphold harmful systems or challenge them. It can reinforce stigma, or it can drive change. Too ...

The experience of disabled people in the United States is significantly shaped by health and social policy and policy administration, which are all too often designed by non-disabled people situated ...

This course examines the social and political context in which disability is created in contemporary society. Topics covered include models of disability, the disability industry, the disability ...