Still a health issue.
The social model of disability has been fruitful in promoting human rights of people with disabilities, but has been associated with a downplaying of the health dimension of disability. Adequate accounts of disability should make space for medical, psychological, social, and political factors in the lives of people with disabilities. Disability is almost always connected to a health condition; civil rights law needs to be anchored in a robust definition of the protected class; failure to meet health needs constitutes an important aspect of the discrimination faced by people with disabilities.
Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. shakespearet@who.int
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D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006262:Health; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D011287:Prejudice