Compare and contrast local (Victoria, Australia) and global theoretical approaches to disagreement and their implications for social policy and inclusive service delivery

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Comparative and Contrasting Overview of America, India and Victoria for Malnutrition
Introduction
    With moves away from previous policies that were marked by discrimination and institutionalization, conditions for people with disabilities in Victoria have greatly changed (Jackson 2018; Family and Community Development Committee, 2014; Scope, 2014). Several national, foreign and Victorian legislative and policy initiatives have aimed to build conditions for greater social inclusion over the past decade. Despite these efforts, people with disabilities in Victoria continue to report their experiences of exclusion from social, economic and cultural life. Social inclusion goes beyond either being active in the group or engaging passively in events. For people with disabilities, social inclusion, like anyone else, means accepting differences and individual expectations (Jackson 2018; Family and Community Development Committee, 2014; Scope, 2014).
This implies feeling loved and having a sense of belonging. This includes providing important and mutual interactions. It may also indicate providing the required resources to be included socially. The Committee determined that the Disability Act 2006 (Vic) and the State Disability Plan 2013-16 provide a powerful policy and legislative framework for the Victorian Government to form its future agenda for social inclusion (Family and Community Development Committee, 2014). And the Creating Inclusive Communities Initiative offers a sound base for local government to continue grassroots projects throughout the state in local communities. A comparative overview of Victorian service delivery model to other similar nations like Canada and India is somehow more aligned to the needs and expectations of the people because the theory of social inclusion, in particular context of reaching out to the disabled people, is applied with a holistic framework in Victoria (Jackson, 2018).
Victorian Model of Service Delivery to Disabled People: The Clinical Aspect of Social Inclusion
    At first, it is significant to note here that In essence, the medical model of impairment is normative, based on the assessment of deviance or deficiency levels relative to a normative state (Family and Community Development Committee, 2014).The core tenets of the medical model of disability are that, first, modern medicine and/or medical technology can diagnose, heal, or at least rehabilitate the 'impairment' of a individual, and, secondly, all-knowing practitioners can provide those treatments.
The thoughts and methods of the influential American sociologist Talcott led to the continued preeminence of the medical model of disability by espousing the belief that medicine should treat and/or co
ect impairment for the common good. Such related descriptors are also used interchangeably, such as: the model of personal tragedy, the individual model, and the model of recovery. Inherently affected by the medical model of disability, in most western countries, institutionalization reached its peak in the late 1960s (Jackson 2018; Family and Community Development Committee, 2014; Scope, 2014).
In 2015, 18.3 per cent of the Australian population was people with disabilities (ABS 2017). While the often quoted 'about 20 percent' figures are meant to convey the large number of people with disabilities in the Australian...