defining impairment and disability
A Social Definition of Disability . The NOG definition acknowledges that impairments create differences in mental, physical, and sensory functions. However, contrary to the individual model of disability given above, it presents disability as being the result of: • social organisation (for example, work practices, buildings or products)
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