Transcription of defining impairment and disability
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defining impairment and disability A disabled person is a person with an impairment who experiences disability . disability is the result of negative interactions that take place between a person with an impairment and her or his social environment. impairment is thus part of a negative interaction, but it is not the cause of, nor does it justify, disability . impairment : an injury, illness, or congenital condition that causes or is likely to cause a loss or difference of physiological or psychological function.
the problem. Thus, the language used does not simply reflect reality it creates it within particular relations of power. As things are now, people with impairments who require changes in organisational rules are encouraged to show that it is their individual impairment that gives rise to a need for organisational change.
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