Resumen de The social model analysis of disability and the majority world
There is a strong controversy of how disability sho uld be understood and if the models suggested in th e minority world can or should be used in other places. Is the socia l model as relevant to the disabled people in the m ajority world as it is to disabled people in the minority world? It is exa ctly part of this controversy that we will try to e xamine in this paper. This article will begin by defining key concepts relevan t to the discussion and following that it will addr ess issues and ques- tions raised by critics of the social model and som e answers to them. First, we will examine whether t he dominance of the minority world has resulted in a �colonization� of ideas and practices on the majority world (incl uding the social model approach). Secondly, reference will be made to the social model of disability, and whether it is or is not ignoring what impairment means for disabled people in the majorit y world. Thirdly, an analysis of whether it is rele vant to apply the social model of disability in the majority world; i s the issue of poverty forgotten? Is survival a fir st priority for disabled persons in some places? A brief analysis of the lin ks between poverty, impairment and disability will be presented.
