Disability Social & cultural issues

Individual issues Individual variance – Personal factors – Adaptive responses Sickness vs. disability Liminality Stigma Narrative as a way of understanding

Disability Family Perspective Troubling assumptions: disability belongs to individual professional is the expert client is recipient of care disability results in only negatives one family perspective per family

OT’s and Family Centered Care Examine your own family experiences…how might they influence your view of other families? – What is a family? Who is yours? – What is family good for? – How does your family deal with illness? disability? What is the role of OT in relating to families? How does occupation fit in?

Culture Real Learned Shared Malleable Dynamic Invisible

Diversity Ethnicity: Birth-based membership in a racial, religious, national, linguistic group Race: No biological basis. – More alike than different when compared other species – Based on psychological and social realities Question: Chosen or imposed?

Socioeconomic Factors Socio-economic status (SES) – Relates to individuals Class – Relates to groups Interlocking issues Class Ethnicity Gender Age Race Disability