Over the years, researchers have identified barriers in disability and the role of social and physical barriers. The shift from associating disability medically to socially where people are now ...

The Osteoporosis Functional Disability Questionnaire (OFDQ) assessed some domains of function but is not unidimensional. It was developed to evaluate the progress and outcome of a structured exercise ...

The social model of disability, which posits that disability is socially and politically constructed and is characterised by systemic barriers, has enjoyed broad acceptance that is exemplified by the ...

The individual model of disability In an individual model, disability is seen as a “problem” evolving from the functional restrictions or psychological losses that arise from the disability.

This is an opportune time for doctors and other health care professionals to blend their extensive training in the medical [red] model with a newer relatively speaking, more environment-driven social ...

It was a wide-ranging discussion about artificial intelligence and disability. Hendren kicked us off by exploring the distinction between the medical and social models of disability: ...