•Hur ska problemen (”disability”) lösas? Genom åtgärder som fokuserar påomgivningen, och genom målgruppens organisation, engagemang och makt.
The denial of the pain of impairment has not, in reality been a denial at all. Rather it has been apragmatic attempt to identify and address issues that can be changed through collective actionrather than by medical or other professional treatment. (Oliver, 1996).
From a social model perspective, too much is invested in individually based interventions withever diminishing returns. As a consequence, modifications to environments tend to be neglectedor under resourced despite the greater potential benefits of such investments”. (Oliver, 2004).
•Om medicinska åtgärder, “people fixing”:
This [the conceptual distinction between the biological (impairment) and the social (disability)]was necessary to direct attention away from the general tendency to view disability as anindividual problem rather than a socio/political issue – a tendency that allows policy-makers tofocus on ‘people fixing’ rather than disabling barriers.”. (Oliver and Barns, 2012)
[T]he medical profession, because of its power and dominance, has spawned a whole range ofpseudo-professions in its own image; physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy,clinical psychology; each one geared to the same aim – the restoration of normality. (Oliver,1996).
[E]ndorsement of the social model does not mean that individually based intervention in thelives of persons with disabilities, whether they be medically, rehabilitative, educational oremployment based, are of no use or always counter-productive (Oliver 1996 ).