There must be a level of caution when entering this direction. We have been here before, and can become trapped in irresolvable debates surrounding reclaiming/reinvigorating/abandoning the social model. For those who benefit from our marginalisation, including the traditional... https://twitter.com/johnpringdns/status/1281826815368192001

...charities highlighted in the article, they could use this "call for re-examination" to continue their aims, strategies, and activities knowing that we have become distracted with an irresolvable debate.

Strategically, it is better to focus on why a "social model"...

...is necessary– rather than focus on limitations. Returning to UPIAS principles, the social model provides us with a way to describe the unnecessary disabling barriers produced by the way society is organised. This can then, depending on personal/collective priorities, lead...

...to furthering a rights-based agenda, questioning economic conditions, or calling for inclusive policies (as examples).

The necessity of the social model comes from ensuring that we position disability as the experiences of marginalisation/oppression that permeate from...

...social structures/systems in society. If we, inadvertently, weaken this position then it will be exploited by parliamentarians, policymakers, practitioners, charities, and decision-makers who will champion that our experience of marginalisation is in part or wholly the...

...individual's responsibility to address. This happened with the biopsychosocial model.

If it is accessible to you, I suggest reflecting on Lawson and Beckett's article on how the social and human rights model of disability complements one another. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2020.1783533
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I know my views will be unpopular with some people, and that's absolutely fine, there is no correct answer to this debate. However, we must consider the consequences of our demands and actions – including how they may not take us to where we want to go.