The Pros And Cons Of The ADA

Before reading the content of the lecture, I thought about the ADA and how great it was—to have a major body of law to recognize that in 1990 approximately 51.2 million American were pervasively discriminated against in terms of exclusion from transportation, community participation, employment opportunities, telecommunications, and common services (Disabled in Action, 2002). The ADA’s five titles would endorse equal opportunities and equal access for people with disabilities to be able to socialize, have mobility, seek sources of contribution, and have the autonomy to navigate their community. This was no easy task, because there were environmental barriers; some people did not believe that people with disabilities were competent, and other people were jaded by stereotypes concerning people with disabilities. So, the fight for enforcement

Additionally, I learned that the three models of disability have pros and cons when it comes to assessing the needs of the individual, and initiating care for persons with disabilities. For one, the good thing about the medical/disease model of disability is that it could pinpoint specific illness or disease for the people who begged to ask: “What’s wrong with me?” Agencies such as worker’s compensation, medical beneficiaries, and practitioners would promote this model. Yet, the con about this is that this model sees the individual as impaired, they are viewed as their illness. For example, Billy is ADHD rather than Billy is a person who happens to have ADHD. Then I discovered that I misunderstood the second model, the functional model. The model focuses on activities of daily living, and you look at the function specific to the individual. Then the newer environmental model claims that labels, systems, and physical features in the environment breed disability. If environmental