You’re getting at the point about where we draw the line between a reasonable and unreasonable accommodation. The Social Model as defined by the linked articles doesn’t intrinsically say where that ought to be, though many people who understand the Social Model will also have opinions on line-drawing.
Most of the Social Model examples are about things like wheelchair ramps in buildings or not discriminating against people for jobs they’re able to do. One from the articles was extreme (teach sign language to everyone).
I think it is a mistake to criticize the Social Model on grounds that it is too expansive in what accommodations it demands, because it doesn’t demand any. But I also think it’s a mistake to use it as a justification for specific accommodations, because it doesn’t demand any.
It’s true that a demand for “reasonable accommodations” doesn’t literally demand anything specific, but this isn’t some random bit of logic made by guys who like pointless debates. It’s a live political issue, so it has an implied ”… and some accommodations are reasonable, but people following the standard model refuse to make them”. The only reason to make this argument in the real world is that you want to change how we deal with accommodations.
You’re getting at the point about where we draw the line between a reasonable and unreasonable accommodation. The Social Model as defined by the linked articles doesn’t intrinsically say where that ought to be, though many people who understand the Social Model will also have opinions on line-drawing.
Most of the Social Model examples are about things like wheelchair ramps in buildings or not discriminating against people for jobs they’re able to do. One from the articles was extreme (teach sign language to everyone).
I think it is a mistake to criticize the Social Model on grounds that it is too expansive in what accommodations it demands, because it doesn’t demand any. But I also think it’s a mistake to use it as a justification for specific accommodations, because it doesn’t demand any.
It’s true that a demand for “reasonable accommodations” doesn’t literally demand anything specific, but this isn’t some random bit of logic made by guys who like pointless debates. It’s a live political issue, so it has an implied ”… and some accommodations are reasonable, but people following the standard model refuse to make them”. The only reason to make this argument in the real world is that you want to change how we deal with accommodations.