Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Identity Model of Disability(also: Affirmation Model)
- A model of disability in which individuals claim disability as a positive aspect of their identity, similar to how other marginalized groups have reclaimed their identities. Unlike the medical model (which views disability as a deficiency to be fixed) or the social model (which…
- Illness Narrative(also: Disease Narrative)
- An illness narrative is the story a person and their significant others construct to give coherence to the disruptive experience of illness or diagnosis and its effects on the family system. In the context of cognitive impairment and dementia, the illness narrative typically…
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