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Helping a friend by Rebecca Osborne
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The social model of disability seeks to change society in order to accommodate people living with impairment; it does not seek to change persons with impairment to accommodate society. People with disability have a right to be fully participating citizens on an equal basis with others.

Source: The Social Model of Disability @ People With Disability

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