A woman walking past a man in a wheelchair, who is at the base of a staircase. Source: Viacheslav Yakobchuk / Adobe Stock In 1904, H. G. Wells published a short story titled, “The Country of the Blind ...

What do you think of when you think of disability? Someone in a wheelchair? Someone who is blind and has a cane? Whatever they look like, their impairment means life can be harder for them. The fact ...

The medical model of disability locates the problem of disability at the person, and it operates in the context of disease, disorders, and impairments. The social model of disability understands ...

Taking a social model of disability approach, this article explores how disabled people negotiate barriers in the large, modern hospital settings typically found in complex healthcare systems. While ...

An estimated 15% of the world’s population experience some form of disability. Across Europe and Central Asia, persons with disabilities represent one of the largest segments of the population that ...