By: Dr. Sandra Yellowhorse*
| This article was originally published by the Disability Visibility Project on June 18, 2023 and we have reprinted it with the permission of the author and the Project. Disability is often categorized by two Western models: the medical model and the social model. The medical model views disability as a deficiency or abnormality that resides in the person, and the remedy is a “cure” or “normalization” of the person. The social model views disability as a result of barriers that prevent a person from fully participating in society, and the remedy is a change in the interaction between a person and society. But neither model considers the wholeness of a person and their experiences and both tend to frame people with disabilities as the “other.” What about an Indigenous view of disability? |  |
