This article seeks to gain access to a new way to engage with disability discrimination and the legal approaches to it by focusing on the two central models: the medical and social models. It discusses how the law has based the definition of disability on the medical model and suggests that this may strengthen some of the underlying factors that contribute to segregation and discrimination of disabled people. This article argues that the law should now switch focus to the social model, in an attempt to transform people’s attitudes towards disabled people and become a positive force to reduce discrimination. It makes reference to the reasonable adjustment duty contained in sections 20 and 21 Equality Act 2010, the Framework Directive and by way of comparison the American with Disabilities Act 1990. Relevant critical theories are integrated as a means to explore the conception and the hierarchy that exist between able-bodied individuals and disabled individuals.

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无意识偏见和医学模式：社会模式如何成为关于残疾歧视的变革性思维的关键

本文旨在通过关注两个核心模型：医学和社会模型，寻求一种新的方式来处理残疾歧视及其法律方法。它讨论了法律如何将残疾定义建立在医学模型的基础上，并建议这可能会加强导致残疾人被隔离和歧视的一些潜在因素。本文认为，法律现在应该将重点转向社会模式，以试图转变人们对残疾人的态度，成为减少歧视的积极力量。它参考了 2010 年平等法案第 20 和 21 节、框架指令中包含的合理调整义务，并通过比较 1990 年美国残疾人法案。