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The impact of parenthood on substance use disorder treatment participation and motivation of incarcerated offenders
The impact of parenthood on substance use disorder treatment participation and motivation of incarcerated offender
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Reflections on Speech-Language Pathologists\u27 Image as Advocates, Activists, and Aides
Traditionally speechâlanguage pathology, along with other educational and rehabilitationâbased professions, has approached disability from a deficitsâbased or medicalâmodel perspective with an aim toward normalizing or ameliorating a child\u27s atypical behaviors or performance. However, an alternative perspective rooted in a social model of disability has been growing for several decades. This model argues that although an individual may experience challenges due to a specific impairment (motor, communication, social), their true disability results from the barriers to access and opportunity created by society, and seeks to identify ways to break down such barriers and capitalize on an individual\u27s strengths to meet individual challenges. Although selfâadvocates in the disability community first proposed the social model of disability in the 1970s, it remains unfamiliar to many clinicians and educators. As such, this paper aims to introduce clinicians to models of disability, with recognition of disability from a cultural lens, and acknowledgment of disability\u27s intersectionality with ethnicity, social class, and gender. The role of speechâlanguage pathologists in promoting selfâadvocacy, activism within the disability community, and the shifting role of teaching (aid) is then discussed through a strengthsâbased lens