![]() ![]() This type of ontology lies at the heart of discrimination based on disability. The ontology contains uncritical hypotheses about the world which are stereotypes of all but the power elite. As we are "socialized" and educated we are given one of these ontologies with its accompanying epistemology. When that is done the Greek, Christian, and modern versions of an ontology with an epistemology are found. ![]() ![]() To answer that question the philosophical foundations of Western culture must be examined. There are nine versions of the disability studies paradigm which can be combined into one statement which raises the question of why people with disabilities face oppression. Identifying as a person with a disability is an ideological act. But a person with a disability does not have a deficit. There are three variations of the deficit model: the medical model, the rehabilitation model, and the special education model. To quote Pfeiffer (2002), The Philosophical Foundations of Disability Studies The deficit model was, at one time, dominant in the study of disability, but not in disability studies. This week, we will be focusing on the social construction of disability. ![]()
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