celebrities
Who is the celebrity that host the show "deal or no deal" that is living with OCD disorder ?
Howie Mandel
what is the "ugly law" that was enforced 1867-1974?
Between 1867 and 1974, various cities of the United States had unsightly beggar ordinances, in retrospect also dubbed ugly laws.[1] These laws deemed it illegal for "any person, who is diseased, maimed, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or disgusting object, to expose himself or herself to public view."[1] Exceptions to public exposure were acceptable only if the people were subjects of demonstration, to illustrate the separation of disabled from nondisabled and their need for reformation
In the movie "Rain Man" what disability is portrayed ?
Autism
someone with this disability may have a VNS
seizure disorder
what is OV's slogan ?
Pride, purpose and a paycheck
Who is the celebrity that is living with tourettes and Asperger syndrome and stared in movie like ghost busters and Cone heads?
Dan Aykroyd
When is Go Red for Women Day (American Heart Association) ?
Feb 1
What movie is about a man that falls in love with a woman and after their first night together; he discovers that she has a rare form of amnesia, where each day is like a new day?
50 first dates
is the sensation of spinning, whirling, or dizziness caused by a disturbance in balance. can be described as either subjective or objective. An individual who experiences objective may feel like things in her environment are moving, while an individual with subjective feels as if she is moving. can be caused by Meniere’s Disease, viral infections, central nervous system disorders such as stroke, migraines, multiple sclerosis, head trauma, acoustic neuroma (tumor), cardiovascular disorders, and sharp changes in blood pressure.
Vertigo
what are the only 2 items we are allowed to use on individuals from the first aid kit ?
Band aids and ice packs
Which famous actress from the show stranger things was born with partial hearing loss ?
Millie Bobby Brown
When is world down syndrome day ?
March 21
Edward Scissor hands portrays what disability ?
a physical impairment
what does the disability Myasthenia Gravis translate to ?
grave muscular weakness
what are the OV ways ?
Connection, Enthusiasm, productivity, stewardship and development
This actor was diagnosis with epilepsy at the age of 13 years old. This person was casted in movies like Lord of the ring and the matrix.
Hugo Weaving
what are the 3 federals that protect people with disabilities ?
They are the Rehabilitation Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
what year did the film to kill a mocking bird come out?
1962
What is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome?
is a disease that weakens the connective tissues of your body. These are things like tendons and ligaments that hold parts of your body together. EDS can make your joints loose and your skin thin and easily bruised. It also can weaken blood vessels and organs.
How many pride and Enable programs does OV have ?
6
This person's role as Becky on Fox’s hit show Glee began a surge of representation in the media for characters with Down syndrome. Her portrayal of the spunky Becky has garnered much critical acclaim, and led to her appointment to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities in 2011.
Lauren Potter
What is the IDEA law ?
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.
What does the film to kill a mocking bird have to do with disabilities ?
Based on the novel by Harper Lee, the film tells the story of a Southern lawyer and his two children. The lawyer defends an African American field worker who has a physical disability and who is on trial for raping a white woman. Meanwhile, the children pursue an encounter with a reclusive local man whom people have deemed strange and dangerous. It turns out, however, that the man has a developmental disability and is not the monster the children have come to expect.
how many types of down syndrome are there ?
3
what year and month was opportunity village created ? How many families were invovlved ?
March , 1954, 6 families