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The Simon Community was co-founded by political activist Eddie Linden. [3] A trust was established to manage the affairs of the charity but its administration was weak. [4] Attempts were made to transform the organisation into a decentralised federation of homelessness bodies: the Cyrenian Federation and Homes for Homeless People. [1]
"The world health organization international classification of functioning, disability, and health: a model to guide clinical thinking, practice and research in the field of cerebral palsy" (PDF). Seminars in Pediatric Neurology .
Following the UPIAS "social definition of disability", in 1983 the disabled academic Mike Oliver coined the phrase social model of disability in reference to these ideological developments. [14] Oliver focused on the idea of an individual model (of which the medical was a part) versus a social model, derived from the distinction originally made ...
People with disabilities in the United States are a significant minority group, making up a fifth of the overall population and over half of Americans older than eighty. [1] [2] There is a complex history underlying the U.S. and its relationship with its disabled population, with great progress being made in the last century to improve the livelihood of disabled citizens through legislation ...
Simon Stevens, also known as Simon Walsh in Secondlife, born 1974, is an English activist, Huffington Post blogger, and disability consultant known for his discussions on disability issues in the UK and on social media. [1] [2] [3] Stevens formed Wheelies, a disability-friendly virtual nightclub within the 3D online community of Second Life. He ...
The medical model considers disability a physical problem: an incapability of a disabled person to perform activities of daily living like a non-disabled person. This model focuses on easing inconvenience and improving the daily experience of a person with disabilities, such as advanced assistive devices or mobility aids like wheelchairs for disabled people who live independently.
b) Normalization does not support "dumping" people into the community or into schools without support. Normalization has been blamed for the closure of services (such as institutions) leading to a lack of support for children and adults with disabilities. Indeed, normalization personnel are often affiliated with human rights groups.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, like the other United Nations human rights conventions, (such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) resulted from decades of activity during which group rights standards developed from aspirations to binding treaties.