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Autism: a Disability or a Difference?
Manage episode 327493218 series 3244788
What constitutes a disability? What is Labeling Theory, and how does assigning a diagnosis to people and their experiences affect lives, beyond the primary goal of guiding treatment?
Is it healthy to identify with one's neurologic condition, or with a psychiatric diagnosis like bipolar illness?
Let's touch on the Social vs. the Medical Models of Disability, and explore a bit more.
18 episodes
Manage episode 327493218 series 3244788
What constitutes a disability? What is Labeling Theory, and how does assigning a diagnosis to people and their experiences affect lives, beyond the primary goal of guiding treatment?
Is it healthy to identify with one's neurologic condition, or with a psychiatric diagnosis like bipolar illness?
Let's touch on the Social vs. the Medical Models of Disability, and explore a bit more.
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