Protection of Children with Disabilities as Viewed from the Aspects of Different Models of Disability

Milićević, Milena (2019) Protection of Children with Disabilities as Viewed from the Aspects of Different Models of Disability. In: Yearbook. No. 2, Human rights protection : protection of the right's of the child : 30 years after the adoption of The Convention on the Rights of the Child. Provincial Protector of Citizens - Ombudsman ; Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Novi Sad ; Belgrade, pp. 185-198. ISBN 978-86-89417-10-4

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Abstract

Two distinct ways of conceptualising disability are the medical and social models of disability. The first one takes disability exclusively as a direct consequence of physical and mental impairment or as a problem that requires medical intervention. The second one sees disability as a socially conditioned phenomenon caused by environmental circumstances. The central theoretical assumption of this paper is that the different positions from which the relationship between impairment and disability is considered will inevitably reflect on the prevailing recognition of child protection. It is necessary to examine the protection process by evaluating several different approaches to disability because the way disability is understood affects the issues that must be addressed regarding the lives of children with disability, including finding the most appropriate way to resolve them. Following key literature, the author attempts to present previous theoretical discussions on the relationship between impairment and disability, as well as its repercussions on the child's position and protection. Starting from the former and contemporary definitions and models of disability on which they are based, the author considers differences between the disability concepts and illustrates the consequences that this could have on the position and protection of a child.

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