To all
I agree that impairment is socially constructed, but I would also say 'so
what?'. Even if attitudes and environmental factors were to change my back
would still hurt, my walking arch would worsen until it will be impossible
for me to walk comfortably at all. The effects of impairment would persist
Now there is nothing any 'model' can do for this, I appreciate that, and it
applies mostly to physical impairments, but the fact would remain that I am
unable to do something at age 24 that I could do at age 19 because of my own
body and not society fault..
This is the first discussion I have seen on this Message List that has
talked about Impairment's social construction, something I find refreshing.
I never could understand how the designers of the social model seemed to
cast 'impairment' as non-social. The way my leg moves, the way I walk - my
impairment is all too social, it is the way I move through the world, which
leads to wonder, why do we need the category of disability, my impairment
and the way it is perceived is inseparable and social.
Michael
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