Write a 5-8 sentence paragraph in which you summarize the changing attitudes of Americans toward people with disabilities.
Use examples from the lesson to support your ideas.
The social model underpins positive attitudes towards disability because it works at removing the barriers that can limit and individual from making equal life choices and looks at what an individual's abilities are rather than their disabilities. ... helping individuals identify and pursue opportunities.
ANSWER:
The leadership of people such as Dorothea Dix, presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver who promoted a change in attitude. Veterans disabled in wartime, who made more people aware of the issues faced by people with disabilities. The creation of new laws to encourage change