Service User Perspectives: Why social inclusion is important from a disabled person's perspective
Learning Objectives
After considering this resource, you should be more aware of what social inclusion means and how you might promote this for disabled people.
Disability is a social division. The idea that disabled people are somehow ill and therefore need help, rather than empowering them to become independent, is a common assumption and one that can perpetuate the discrimination this group faces.
In the following video, Lucy, a disabled service user herself, talks about what social inclusion means to her and why it is so significant.
Reflective Questions
- Why do you think disabled people suffer discrimination in spite of the services available to them?
- What impact has the medical vs. social model had on social inclusion?
- How can you as an individual promote the social inclusion of disabled service users?
- Do you think events such as the Paralympics Games promote or hinder social inclusion of disabled people?