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Models of Disability: Implications for the CounselingProfession
Journal of Counseling and Development
  • Julie F. Smart, Utah State University
  • D. W. Smart
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Abstract

Because of the increasing number of people with disabilities, counselors of all specialties and theoretical orientations will be called on to provide services to clients with disabilities. The authors present a brief overview of 4 major models of disability to provide an introduction to the varying definitions and causal and responsibility attributions of disability. Viewing the client with a disability as an individual with multiple identities, roles, functions, and environments facilitates the counseling process.

Citation Information
Smart, J. F., & Smart, D. W. (2006). Models of disability: Implications for the counseling profession. Journal of Counseling and Development, 84, 29-40.