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Key issues : Child to Child : Promoting Inclusive Education Through Child-to-Child Activities : Training Guidelines : Handouts

Hand-out 1B - Sorting Activity

 

The Individual Model - Problem: Defective Person

 

Cannot walk

 

Cannot use hands

 

Has cerebral palsy

 

Is sick

 

Is bed bound

 

Is confined to a wheelchair

 

Cannot use public transportation

 

There is no treatment to cure

 

Needs carers

 

Cannot work

 

Cannot hold a pen

 

Is a hopeless case

 

Frightens people

 

The Social Model - Problem: Disabling World

 

Inaccessible transport

No lifts

 

Badly designed buildings

 

Excluded families

 

Poor job prospects

 

Segregated Education

 

Poverty

 

Traditional beliefs

 

Lack of Educational Resources

 

Inflexible curricula

 

Lack of appropriate technology

 

Few sign language interpreters

 

 

*Adapted from: Challenging a Disabling World. Milton Keynes World Development Education Centre. UK.

 

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08/06/1998