74% of disabled people said they had not heard of the social model of disability at all, according to a recent survey.
Evenbreak surveyed over 3,000 disabled people with the market research company, YouGov.
Evenbreak is a social enterprise, which is run by and for disabled people. We also found out that disabled people were split on how they identified themselves. 21% identify as the name of their condition (e.g. Deaf, neurodiverse), whilst 20% identified as a person with disabilities, and 30% do not have a preference.
The social model of disability says that people are disabled by barriers and attitudes in society and not by their impairment or difference.
The model was designed by disabled people with allies in the 1980s as an alternative to the medical model of disability, which suggested that people are disabled because of their impairment or difference.
Jane Hatton, CEO of Evenbreak, said:
“The social model of disability is important to understand because it helps us to break down barriers in society. We educate employers using the social model of disability to make employment accessible for disabled people.
For disabled people, the social model of disability helps us see that the barriers are external to our conditions. This provides us with a platform to champion change in society to make it equitable for all.”
There are 14.1m disabled people in the UK, and 52% are employed. The survey was designed to find out the views of disabled people on employment.
More analysis and results from the survey, including the impact of the cost of living and perceptions and barriers to work, can be found on the Evenbreak blog.
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