Why do people confuses disease and disability?

Question

Why do people confuses disease and disability?

Answer 1

That's an interesting question and the answer has to do with historical views of disability.  The "medical model" of disability, which regards disability as a defect or sickness that must be cured through medical intervention, has evolved over the years to what's often referred to as a "disability model" or "inclusion model."  Under this model, which is a result of the disability-rights movement, the problem is defined as attitudes of professionals and others, inadequate support services when compared with society generally, as well as attitudinal, architectural, sensory, cognitive, and economic barriers, and the strong tendency for people to generalize about all persons with disabilities overlooking the large variations within the disability community.

The change, of course, is not complete, and many still view disability based on a medical model. If you're interested, here's one of many resources discussing this evolution of views of disability:  http://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/...

Answer 2

Sometimes people become disabled because of a disease, which leads some people to think that all people who are disabled are sick.  

Really, its ignorance, but its not mean-spirited.

Answer 3

Yes...you are right.

Just because someone has a disability,does not mean this person is ill.

A person with a disability may be disadvantaged in certain ways...but they are quite capable of doing jobs like anyone else.They have brains and intelligence...a whole lot more than some that l know....

Answer 4

Disease is a way over-used term. People tag it on a number of conditions unnecessarily. And people are dumb.

Sometimes diseases cause disabilities, and people associate the two to always coexist.

My mom has multiple sclerosis, a disease, which also happens to cause disabilities.

My sister has ADHD, which is not a disease but a "condition" and is considered by many to be a "disability" - I didn't know that it was considered that until she got help in a college program for students with disabilities.

Many people are born with disabilities or get in accidents, which involve no diseases, and may leave them with physical, emotional, or mental disabilities.

A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly.

Disability is lack of ability relative to a personal or group standard or spectrum. Disability may involve physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive or intellectual impairment, mental disorder (also known as psychiatric disability), or various types of chronic disease. A disability may occur during a person's lifetime or may be present from birth.

Answer 5

Because certain diseases, such as MND, MS, Arthritis, can eventually lead to a disability due to not being able to walk properly, talk, hear, see, etc.  

Answer 6

Lets make this as simple as possible..In general the average  able body person don't know that much about the medical field...So most will think its a disease if they see someone with a disability,....

Answer 7

Why do you ask a question that has no answer?   There is a valid connection between the two.

Diabetes is a disease that can cause the need for amputations.  Kidney disease can cause organ failure and death. Lung cancer can create a dependence on oxygen to breathe.  Name almost any chronic disease and it is accompanied by disability.  

Answer 8

only because some diseases can be so disabling

Answer 9

because people generally want a quick answer, if it doesn't effect their lives directly, they wont learn about it and generally not understand. Personally I think they are confused due to lack on knowledge

Answer 10

Because some diseases are debilitating, thereby causing disability.

Answer 11

I don't think it is as much confusion as much as  misunderstanding. To be disabled does not mean you are sick or need to be cured. It means your body works differently than the norm. ( Which is not to say it is not normal - another misunderstood concept.)

People who are chronically sick very often do become disabled. So the connection between some illnesses and disability is perfectly valid.

Answer 12

"Outsiders" (Non-PWDs) always had the stereotyped viewpoint that if you have a Disability, then you are sick.

Back when the polio epidemic was going on, people got sick with the polio. People that survived polio got put in leg braces and used crutches to walk or even got put into iron lungs to help them to breath.

The way I see it, I think this helped to cement the stereotyped viewpoint that if you have a Disability, then you are sick.

Answer 13

because they do not know the difference between them.

Answer 14

it's confuse not confuses you really need a spelling lesson