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The way many people view disability forces those living with it to work within the limitations of a world not designed for ...
That view is known as the medical model of disability, where someone's barrier to accessibility stems from a medical difference or impairment that needs to be "fixed".
As OAB is a symptom rather than a condition, the medical model of disability might consider a person to have a disability based on what is causing OAB.
The medical model of disability views disability as a solely medical problem that needs to be fixed by the healthcare profession.
I argue that to more adequately address disability perspectives, historians of medicine must better historicize the medical model concept and critique, which has been drawn upon by physicians, ...