1. Coming in from the cold – Equality,diversity and disability by Philip Connolly of Disability Rights UK at Nottingham University on 5th December 2017

2. There is a little theatre in all of us
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3. Disability on and of campus
Disabled students, teachers, university staff and visitors but who else might you rely on and who have you already relied upon?

4. Charity model of disability
Age unknown
characteristics
*Treats the disabled person as being passive and without agency
*focus upon sympathy not empowerment
*Risks dependency
*Tends towards only short term relief or assistance and not lasting change

5. Medical model of disability
Age historic but formalised in by the United Nations
Characteristics
Based on notion that disability is rooted in the persons medical condition
Focus on prevention and treatment not rehabilitation and integration
Leads to primacy of doctors as being the experts on the persons condition and not the person themselves

6. Social model of disability
Age – 1976 place London
Characteritics
*Disabled people are disabled by societies structures, attitudes and decisions and not by their impairment
Inclusion in decision making is critical – nothing for us without us
Focus on removing barriers

7. Biopsychosocial model of disability
Age 1980s
Characteristics
*Disability is the product of both physical, social and societal factors
Much favoured by Government e.g. the WCA

8. Rights based approach Characteristics
Age historic but culminating in the DDA 1995 and the UNCRPD in 2009 – linked to other rights issues especially from the US
Characteristics
*Disabled people have the same rights as everyone else
Focus on awareness, education and enforcement
Threats arise e.g. Brexit and legal challenges can prevail e.g. employment tribunal fees

9. Resilience based model of disability
Characteristics
Disabled people have inherent strengths that all human beings have but disabled people have honed these strengths in response to challenges arising from their impairment
Focus on networks e.g. peer to peer learning and peeragogy
Age ancient and modern but crystallised in the work of Darwin

10. Essence of good approaches
Expert patient programme
Characteristics
Disabled person is the expert in their own needs
Institution has legal responsibilities to disabled people both on and off campus and both staff and non-staff

11. Types of discrimination
Doug Paulley v First Group
Discrimination
* Direct discrimination
Indirect discrimination
Failure to make reasonable adjustments
Harrasment

12. What constitutes disability
2010 Equality Act
Finding understanding
impairment or long-term health condition of twelve months or more duration
Includes mental health conditions
Affecting the activities of daily living
Many conditions are fluctuating or spectrum conditions
Around 12.3 million people or one in six of the adult population

13. Importance of disclosure
Why disclose
Why people might not disclose
Institution can be aware and plan for your support needs *if you subsequently have to complain you are in a stronger position * Your identification with your disability may prove helpful to others * You may also act to validate the progressive policies of the institution
No legal requirement
Fear of stigma or harassment
Human beings generally want to be defined by what they give as well as receive
Non-supportive culture

14. Thank you Disability Rights UK Defending your rights
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