The way many people view disability forces those living with it to work within the limitations of a world not designed for ...

The medical model of disability views disability as a solely medical problem that needs to be fixed by the healthcare profession.

That view is known as the medical model of disability, where someone's barrier to accessibility stems from a medical difference or impairment that needs to be "fixed".

Models of Disability The medical model equates disability with an impairment (i.e., a pathological condition) of the body or mind (Nario-Redmond, 2020; Wasserman & Aas, 2023).

She agreed with previous research conclusions that neither a purely medical model of disability/illness nor a purely social model serves the best interests of PWD. 2 A cultural model, however ...

As OAB is a symptom rather than a condition, the medical model of disability might consider a person to have a disability based on what is causing OAB.

I argue that to more adequately address disability perspectives, historians of medicine must better historicize the medical model concept and critique, which has been drawn upon by physicians, ...