Paper 1 - Disability identity

Question 1

Disability Discrimination Act

Answer 1

gives legal protection and enforceable rights to disabled people

Question 2

Shakespeare - Medical Model

Answer 2

blames the person, sees them as a problem, victim mentality
medicine to strive to ‘fix’ them pity, charity

Question 3

Shakespeare - Social Model

Answer 3

society is the problem, barriers prevent them having same opps
disabilities socially constructed - society, stereotypes
employers reluctant to employ media negative reps

Question 4

Labelling - Goffman {interactionism}

Answer 4

defining aspect of identity
master status and self fulfilling prophecy

Question 5

Labelling - Gill

Answer 5

turn past feelings of fear and pity for disabled onto yourself after becoming disabled later in life

Question 6

Labelling - Zola

Answer 6

vocab used to describe the disabled is borrowed from discriminatory able -bodied society
De-formed, dis-abled, ab-normal and mostly called an invalid

Question 7

Barnes (images of the disabled)

Answer 7

media presents disabled as pitiable and pathetic, sinister, object of ridicule, burden and own worst enemy
incapable of participating n daily life

Question 8

Media - Sancho (central to character)

Answer 8

42% of disabled characters face issue of prejudice and discrimination
60% made the disability central to character role

Question 9

Murgami (self image/acceptance)

Answer 9

accept their impairment and treat as just one of their characteristics

Question 10

Media - representation

Answer 10

Paralympics - 2012, disabled athletes and reporters, role models
British Soap Operas - hiring more disabled actors for roles

Question 11

Education (seregated)