Disability Science 1, basic course

Aim

On completion of the course, the student should be able to - find appropriate interventions and preventions on the basis of clinical cases, - apply a biopsychosocial approach on different clinical cases with disabilities by taking ethical, biological, psychological and social aspects into account, - apply knowledge of basic theories and concepts of disability research, ethics, biology/medicine, psychology and sociology on real cases in disability science, - problematise how different conditions such as physical, cognitive or social disability can be related to concepts such as normality and abnormality, - demonstrate an ability to analyse and assess own work and the work of others, - apply an ethical approach on clinical cases - describe, identify and discuss different clinical groups of disability.

Content

The course contents highlight the following fields: - intervention and prevention of clinical cases with individuals with disabilities, - to be able to apply the biopsychosocial approach on disabilities based on clinical cases (WHO, 2001) and basic theories and concepts of biology/medicine, psychology and sociology that are relevant to functional impairments and disabilities, - basic concepts of disability science, - applied ethics relevant to the context of disabilities.