People may consider overactive bladder a disability in some situations. However, there are different ways of defining disability. Learn more here.

For example, adding ramps to building entrances allows wheelchair users to enter a building. These criticisms initially came from proponents of the social model of disability.

Other models of disability have emerged alongside the social and medical model including the human rights model, which emphasises the equal rights of people with disability and acknowledges there ...

An episodic disability is characterized by periods and degrees of wellness and disability that fluctuate over time.

If you have a lower level of disability rating, you may have to pay the VA a copayment, depending on what type of medical services you get and what condition you are being treated for.

Reframing differences Neurodiversity challenges the traditional medical model of disability, which views neurological differences solely through a lens of deficits and disorders to be treated or ...

It is based on a medical model of disability, not a human rights-based approach. One example is that the Disability Policy includes the need for an inclusive education policy to be in place, but there ...

Models of Disability The medical model equates disability with an impairment (i.e., a pathological condition) of the body or mind (Nario-Redmond, 2020; Wasserman & Aas, 2023).