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Adapted Physical Activity: Concepts of disability and inclusion · Models of Disability

How the medical, social and biopsychosocial models, including the WHO's ICF, explain disability and shape inclusive physical activity.

Adapted Physical Activity · 24 questions

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1. Under the medical model, where is disability mainly located?

  1. In the mismatch of person and setting
  2. In the individual's body or mind
  3. In barriers built by society
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Answer: In the individual's body or mind

The medical model treats disability as a deficit within the person, caused by disease or injury, to be diagnosed and treated by professionals.

2. According to the social model, what mainly disables a wheelchair user who can't enter a gym?

  1. Their lack of training
  2. The stairs at the entrance
  3. Their spinal cord injury
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Answer: The stairs at the entrance

The social model holds that people are disabled by barriers in the environment and society, not by their impairments as such.

3. How does the social model distinguish 'impairment' from 'disability'?

  1. Impairment is mild; disability is severe
  2. Impairment is bodily; disability is socially imposed
  3. Impairment is temporary; disability is permanent
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Answer: Impairment is bodily; disability is socially imposed

Impairment is the bodily or functional difference; disability is the exclusion and disadvantage that society creates around it.

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