The latter view has led to a new emphasis on anti-discrimination measures and to a "minority-group" model of disability, which recognizes that the environment is molded by public policy and that policy is a reflection of prevalent social attitudes and values. Many of these changes can be traced to a definitional shift from a medical orientation, which focuses on functional impairments, and an economic approach, which stresses vocational limitations, to a socio-political perspective which regards disability as the product of the interaction between the individual and the environment. The study of disability is experiencing significant changes which have affected all of the social sciences, but relatively little attention has been devoted to this subject by political scientists. Toward a Politics of Disability: Traditions and Prospects By Harlan Hahn, University of Southern California (1985)
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