Abstract
This article explores Myanmar teachers’ and community stakeholders’ constructions of disability. We examine how various religious perspectives – particularly Buddhism – inform and shape understandings of impairment and how these beliefs intersect with a strongly medicalised construction of disability. However, in our discussion and exploration of the responses, we also found that the notion of two primary disability ‘models’ – namely the medical model and the social model – lack nuance, complexity, and socio-cultural consideration. Through examining teachers’ and community members’ perspectives of disability in Myanmar, we highlight the importance of socio-cultural variance in understanding local constructions of disability.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 863-884 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Disability & Society |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 25 Mar 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 25 Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- Myanmar
- disability
- teachers
- medical model
- Buddhism
- Global South