You're at a community meeting and the presenting concern is the growing number of citizens in your community with disabilities.Over and over again you hear the following type of statement: "Our goal should be to help them fit in as normally as possible." Which perspective would best describe this statement?

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The statement reflects the impairment perspective, which focuses on the individual's disability and how to 'fix' or 'adapt' the individual to fit into society, rather than changing societal structures or attitudes to accommodate diverse abilities.

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