What is the social model of disability about?

Society creates barriers that disable people.

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  1. Society creates barriers that disable people ✔
  2. Only doctors can define disability
  3. Disability is always a personal choice

Why: The social model says society and its barriers create disability, so society should change.

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The social model says fix the door, not the person.
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Answer: Society creates barriers that disable people. The social model says society and its barriers create disability, so society should change.

  1. Disability en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability
    The social model centers disability as a societally-created limitation on individuals who do not have the same ability as the majority of the population.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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