Thanks for the article Ember,Thanks Paula and Margarida. It is true the
term is not new and it is not an innocent one either, as Bryan remind us .
Of course as administrators we would not quote them to manage notetakers
(which is an organisational support system based on a medical model
perpective) Sue is right on that. The term is also being encouraged by
organisations that try to reconincile a philosophical approach, the socio-
political one (the social model) and the cultural one, the
individualistic/altruistic/tragedy one (individual or medical model). There
has been quite a few attempts to reconcile them, particularly form the world
Health Organisation point of view and those professions that have been
subject of some material growth from public funding in the last ten years. I
can see the pragmatism of this attempt. Sometimes it makes life easier if we
get on with things rather that questioning them all the time. The
functionalist schools have tried to do this for quite a while. However I do
not think there is intellectual rigurosity on them. Similar concerns are
better addressed by contemporary British social model theorist like Tom
Shakespeare and Barbara Fawcett, when they try to reconincile pain and
personal experiences to the social model. Hope this is not useless
intellectualism. It may help clarifying situations such when a student could
not use a public toilet because it is inaccessible and the Estate Department
in that organisation couldn't care less, or a dyslexia genius when the only
learning outcome she is tested on is her use of short term memory because a
senior tutor does not want to be trained on dyslexia awareness. This is
important so these students could not go an say I wish I was not disabled
or how unfortunate i am but say, wait a minute a have certain rights and
society/the organisation certain obligations. For me the social model is
much better able to look at these things in a proactive manner. For me the
polisybalic term just try to divert social responsibilities by entertaining
on the hypothetical (internal) personality problems of the disabled person.
Hope this helps, Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margarida Dolan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: Disability Model
> To add to this, students of social work and social policy that I tutor at
Bath
> have been referring to this "third way model"- to borrow Andy's analogy-
for
> quite a while. So, in some areas this is by no means a new theoretical
> approach.
>
> I agree that the name is clumsy, and I would disagree that dyslexics
necessarily
> have difficulties with polysyllabic words- won't tell you the full title
of my
> post-doctoral research in pharmaceutics but it contained words such as
> chronotherapeutically-functional biopolymers. Most dyslexic PhD
researchers
> that I tutor at Bath are as happy/unhappy with polysyllabic words as their
> non-dyslexic colleagues.
>
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> Quoting Bryan Jones <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Could well be pseudo-intellectualising, but when a Government Dept
> > refers us to this model for making a bid, I'd rather not respond in that
> > way.
> >
> > Bryan Jones,
> > Manager, Disability Support Services
> > & North London Regional Access Centre,
> > Middlesex University
> > Tel: 020 8411 5366
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue Green
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:53 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Disability Model
> >
> >
> > Hmmm,
> >
> > I wonder how a student with, say, RSI would respond to me saying I'm
> > using "a client centred needs led approach to managing your disability
> > under the biopsychosocial model" ie we'll arrange notetakers? Isn't this
> > a case of pseudo-intellectualising? Is it just me who finds something
> > deeply unpleasant about the term 'biopsychosocial'?
> >
> > Where are you Chris Baxter, your comments are needed!
> >
> > Sue
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paula Bishop
> > Sent: 29 June 2005 16:28
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Disability Model
> >
> >
> > I just copied this from the internet, seems useful.
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Paula
> >
> > The medical model implies that the cause of disability is impairment
> > that the individual has, and is best managed by helping the
> > individual reduce or make allowances for the impairment. The social
> > model implies that disability is due to the physical and/or social
> > environment and is best managed by altering or making allowances for
> > the environment. Environmental problems arise from social attitudes,
> > which require change. The biopsychosocial model indicates that both
> > impairments and the environment can contribute to disability.
> > Therefore both need to be assessed in the context of the individual
> > and relevant carers to identify what is the best approach to managing
> > the disability. In a client centred needs led approach to managing
> > disability the biopsychosocial model is probably the most practical.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 29 Jun 2005 at 16:25, Bryan Jones wrote:
> >
> > > Can't give you much, hence my query about it. What I understand is
> > > that The bio-psycho-social model brings together what is true in the
> > > medical model and includes the physical, psychological and social
> > > models without reducing the notion of disability to either medial or
> > > social. Seems to be a model that is used in Europe, USA and Canada.
> > >
> > > Bryan Jones,
> > > Manager, Disability Support Services
> > > & North London Regional Access Centre,
> > > Middlesex University
> > > Tel: 020 8411 5366
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of A Velarde
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:16 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: Disability Model
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Bryan. Could you provide a bit more info about it
> > > (article/author). Harmonising the medical with the social model is a
> > > bit like the "third way". Best, Andy
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bryan Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:46 PM
> > > Subject: Disability Model
> > >
> > >
> > > > Does anyone have any thoughts on the the Bio-psycho-social model of
> > > > disability? Seems to bring the two issues, medical and social,
> > > > together
> > > >
> > > > Bryan Jones,
> > > > Manager, Disability Support Services
> > > > & North London Regional Access Centre,
> > > > Middlesex University
> > > > Tel: 020 8411 5366
> > > >
> >
>
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