The social construction of disability

The social construction of disability. The social construction of disability is a sociological perspective on disability which proposes that physical and mental disabilities cannot be fully understood without considering the social contexts in which people live. Central to this view is the idea that “Disability” is a label applied to a person by other people in society. What counts as a disability, how disabled a person is, and how disabled a person should be are all determined by society, not by the individual.