CPACC Models of Disability 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A rehabilitation center focuses on helping wheelchair users strengthen their upper bodies so they can transfer independently. Which model of disability primarily drives this approach?
- Social Model
- Medical Model (Correct answer)
- Cultural Model
- Charity Model
Correct answer: Medical Model
The Medical Model treats disability as a personal deficit to be fixed or compensated through clinical intervention and individual rehabilitation.
Question 2: The Nirmala Erevelles critique argues that the Social Model of disability inadequately addresses which intersecting factor?
- Religious identity
- Class and economic oppression (Correct answer)
- Geographic location
- Language barriers
Correct answer: Class and economic oppression
Scholars like Erevelles apply a materialist lens, arguing that the Social Model neglects how poverty and capitalism shape disabled people's oppression.
Question 3: Under the Economic Model of disability, what is the primary concern regarding people with disabilities?
- Ensuring spiritual well-being
- Measuring cost to society and workforce productivity (Correct answer)
- Celebrating disability culture
- Eliminating architectural barriers
Correct answer: Measuring cost to society and workforce productivity
The Economic Model evaluates disability in terms of productivity, employment rates, and the financial burden or contribution to the economy.
Question 4: A city redesigns all its crosswalks with audible signals, tactile paving, and extended crossing times without requiring any individual to prove disability status. This best reflects which model?
- Medical Model
- Charity Model
- Social Model (Correct answer)
- Functional Solutions Model
Correct answer: Social Model
The Social Model directs solutions toward changing the built environment for everyone rather than requiring individuals to seek medical accommodations.
Question 5: Which model of disability is most closely associated with the concept of 'crip culture' and pride in disabled identity?
- Medical Model
- Charity Model
- Identity or Cultural Model (Correct answer)
- Biopsychosocial Model
Correct answer: Identity or Cultural Model
The Identity or Cultural Model embraces disability as a valued aspect of human diversity and supports disability pride movements.
Question 6: The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is most aligned with which model?
- Charity Model
- Biopsychosocial Model (Correct answer)
- Moral Model
- Legal Model
Correct answer: Biopsychosocial Model
The ICF reflects the Biopsychosocial Model by integrating biological, psychological, and social factors to understand functioning and disability.
Question 7: A foundation launches a televised fundraising campaign showing children with disabilities in distressing circumstances to solicit donations. Which model does this campaign reinforce?
- Social Model
- Rights-Based Model
- Charity Model (Correct answer)
- Functional Solutions Model
Correct answer: Charity Model
The Charity Model portrays people with disabilities as objects of pity who need rescue, undermining autonomy and self-determination.
CPACC Models of Disability 4
A rehabilitation center focuses on helping wheelchair users strengthen their upper bodies so they can transfer independently.
Which model of disability primarily drives this approach?