I could think that the social exclusion of people with cognitive
impairments comesfrom structuring our society more and more around
cognitive abilities and around self sufficiency.
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Timothy Lillie wrote:
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> Oh, I'm not so sure about that. I think that the goodness of fit of the
> social model is less good when we research the lives of people with severe
> cognitive impairments, for example. Of course, social constructions of
> severe cognitive impairment can be created and critiqued, but it is (to me)
> less clear that the "disability" is solely (or primarily) the result of
> social construction. By comparison: The social model completely explains
> the "disability" that is created by not having an accessible public
> building; it is less useful (though not, I hasten to add, useless) in
> explaining how a non-acessible public building creates "disability" in
> people with severe cognitive impairments.
>
> I would welcome comments from others on this topic.
>
> Tim Lillie
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