When looking at the medical model of disability it is easy to find minor flaws. One of the best critiques of the medical model is the social model of disability which not only exposes the flaws but improves upon the flaws. In the following paragraphs I will explain the medical model and social model and than explain how the social model critiques the medical model and I'll give my opinions on both and how each model relates to my life in some way.
             The medical model is based on scientific research and views. The problem is within the body of the person and there is something wrong with that person. People with a disability in the medical model assume the patient. This is a role that may be short term or long term depending on many factors such as that persons condition, policies related to institutionalization and community supports, and professnial and social attitudes about the given disability (1). Meaning, there is a lot of room for bias. But usually, the medical model applies to the majority in a positive way.
             Some of the worst practices for the medical model are as follows: During the Holocaust people with disabilities were systemitically exteminated and were the subjects of creul medical experiments during the World War 2 period in Nazi Germany. (2) Another case has to do with Willowbrook School in Staten Island, New York. Bernard Carebello was born with cerebral palsy. Three years later he was misdignosed as being mentally retarded and was enrolled in the Willowbrook School. With more than 6,000 kids, Willowbrook was a typical understaffed 70s institutuion built to handle the mentally challanged kids. In 1972 a report done on the school found out that kids were often mistreated and brutually taken care of at the school. Benard was one of the key focuses during this documentary and because of thism he was released. (3) Granted these are some of the negative aspects of the medical model but there are a lot o...