History
What year was the Americans with Disabilities Act Signed?
a. 1988
b. 1979
c. 1990
d. 2001
What is 1990
Every day, this organizations events are taking place around the globe transforming the lives of millions of individuals with intellectual disabilities both on and off the playing field.
What is Special Olympics
What is the name of the disability that makes it difficult to read and spell?
What is Dyslexia
The 32nd President of the United States led the country through the Great Depression and World War II. He was diagnosed with polio, resulting in paralysis from the waist down?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
Emphasizes the individual before their diagnosis to highlight humanity, often used in formal or clinical settings to avoid defining someone by a limitation.
What is person-first-language
What year was the Americans with Disabilities Act amended?
a. 2000
b. 2008
c. 2012
d. 2023
What is the sports program called for students with disabilities in schools?
What is Adaptive Sports
What type of disability makes social interactions, reading social cues, and communication difficult?
What is Autism
What brilliant atomic physicist, most famous for his Theory of Relativity, was autistic and dyslexic?
Who is Albert Einsetin
This model defines disability as an impairment of a body system or function that is inherently pathological. From this perspective, the goal is to return the system or function to as close to “normal” as possible. This model suggests that professionals with specialized training are the “experts.”
What Medical Model
What is the planning document used to drive the instruction of students in special education?
a. PEI
b. IPE
c. IEE
d. IEP
What is IEP
What is the name of the Golfer who has 82 official PGA Tour wins (tied for 1st all-time) and 15 major championships (2nd all-time.) This person is a stutterer?
Who is Tiger Woods
Every year, under the federal law known as, millions of children with disabilities receive special services designed to meet their unique needs.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
What famous actor lives with Parkinson’s Disease? Hint: He starred in Back To The Future and Spin City.
Who is Michael J. Fox
This model says disability is seen as one aspect of a person’s identity, much like race/ethnicity, gender, etc. From this perspective, disability is believed to result from a mismatch between the disabled person and the environment (both physical and social). It is this environment that creates the handicaps and barriers, not the disability. From this perspective, the way to address disability is to change the environment and society, rather than people with disabilities. Negative stereotypes, discrimination and oppression serve as barriers to environmental change and full inclusion.
What is the social model
Youth with disabilities are ___ as likely to participate in college as their same age, non-disabled peers?
a. 50%
b. 30%
c. 75%
d. 25%
What is 50%
What is the name of the Olympic diver who is a 6-time world champion and was diagnosed with HIV?
a. Pat McCormick
b. Greg Louganis
c. David Boudia
d. Micki King
Who is Greag Louganis
What type of disability may be aided by a cochlear implant?
What is a hearing impairment
Professor of animal science and autism spokesperson who revolutionized livestock handling systems.
Who is Temple Grandin
What is the estimated percentage of people who live with disabilities worldwide?
1.3 Billion
As of the 2022–23 school year, approximately how many students (ages 3–21) in the U.S. received special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
a. 2.5 Million
b. 25.5 Million
c. 13.5 Million
d. 7.5 Million
What is 7.5 Million
A well-known professional surfer who lost an arm in a shocking shark attack at the young age of 13. With the help of a specially adapted surfboard, they went on to compete in national and international competitions, fearlessly taking on able-bodied athletes. They became the subject of a Hollywood movie called Soul Surfer.
Who is Bethany Hamilton
What is the name of the disability where people have difficulty staying awake in the daytime?
What is Narcolepsy
Current U.S. Senator and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel. Lost both legs and partial use of one arm during combat in Iraq.
Who is Tammy Duckworth
Name one of the three major requirements for a person to be considered a person with a disability according to the Americans with Disabilities Act?
What is
(1) Has a condition that limits one or more major life activities,
(2) has a record of such impairment,
(3) or is considered to have such an impairment