Social Model

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Social Model is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between July 14, 2023 and July 25, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “The Social Model goes on to say that it’s only okay to treat disability with accommodation”; “because of the impact the Social Model”; “Social Model’s political history … Social Model advocates claim”. It most often appears alongside American Psychological Association, biopsychosocial model, Medical Model.

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  • Category: Concepts
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: July 14, 2023
  • Last seen: July 25, 2023

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

July 14, 2023 · Original source
What is the Social Model Of Disability? I’ll let its proponents describe it in their own words (emphases and line breaks mine)
The Social Model Of Disability Explained (top Google result for the term):
The social model of disability proposes that what makes someone disabled is not their medical condition, but the attitudes and structures of society.
July 25, 2023 · Original source
[original post: Contra The Social Model Of Disability]
I’ll partially defend the social model of disability.
However, I do want to say that the version of the model I am defending comes from Elizabeth Barnes’ book, “The Minority Body.” I think her book, which is fairly short and good, does a better job of exploring the nuance of the social model of disability, and presents a more difficult model to rebut than the definitions you have used. She posits, for example, that disability (at least physical disability, she suggests that mental disabilities are the same, but declares them beyond the scope of her book) are “mere difference.”