Universal Design: Moving the Campus Ahead through Organizational Change and Collaboration - Introduction

Disability is a deficiency or abnormality

Disability is a difference

Being disabled is negative

Being disabled, in itself, is neutral

Disability resides in the individual

Disability derives from interaction between individual and society

The remedy for disability-related problems is cure or normalization of the individual

The remedy for disability-related problems is a change in the interaction between the individual and society

The agent of remedy is the professional who affects the arrangements between the individual and society

The agent of remedy can be the individual, an advocate, or anyone who affects the arrangements between the individual and society