Edited sentence: Helping them recognise and overcome the barriers they face empowers disabled people.In the social model the barriers are suggested to be caused by non disabled people, such as the way some buildings, towns, public tools are designed and built, the way social activities are organised and in the attitudes the some people perpetuate.It describes a disability not as a medical issue, but as one where they face daily barriers in society.Most people see disabled people as people with a medical problem that need curing if possible.People influenced by the medical model see disabled people as needing medical treatment; if they cannot be cured then they should be cared for by society, normally in a residential institution or hospital.People who are influenced by the social model think people face discrimination daily.The main idea is that disabled peoples lives are restricted by there impairment in such a way they need a medical professional in there lives to help them.The medical model of disabled people is determined by medical professionals and non disabled people.The skills and attributes are overlooked and their potential is determined by the prejudice views of people who believe in the medical model and are excluded by society.The social model identified barriers, behaviours and attitudes that cause problems for disabled people.The social model of disability however is created by disabled people themselves.This ideology is embraced by most societies and shows the way people think about disabled people and how we fail to grant them proper access to education, leisure, work and relationships.This way of thinking is severely criticised of disempowering disabled people, medical professionals are assigned to decide for them whether they live, die, have treatment or not, where and how they live there lives