SOCIAL MODEL OF DISABILITY

OUR GOAL

Sydney Fringe subscribes to the social model of disability, which frames disability as the result of interaction between people living with impairments and their physical and social environment. Societal ‘barriers’ are the disabling factors that create disadvantage and limit opportunity, rather than the disability itself.

We recognize that people living with chronic illness and/or chronic pain may identify as part of the Disability community.

We also acknowledge that people who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing may identify as part of a cultural and linguistic group, their first language being Auslan.

Likewise, not everyone with a mental health condition identifies as a person with disability.

FURTHER READING

Social Model of Disability”, People with Disability Australia, accessed February 2022