History
The acronym ADA means this.
What is Americans with Disabilities Act
This actor and star of the "Back to the Future" trilogy has brought attention to Parkinson's Disease.
Who is Michael J. Fox.
This learning disability causes children to sometimes forget homework, fidgit in their seat, act without thinking, and get distracted easily.
What is ADHD
This disability can affect you by hearing loss as soon as you lose 20 decibels.
What is being deaf or hard of hearing.
The year the Americans with Disabilities Act signed.
What is 1990
This American President often hid his disability with blankets and intentional photo ops.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
How visually impaired people read
What is a screen reader
This famous blind musician signed with Motown Records at the age of 12 and continues to perform today.
This IQ test was originally designed to help identify children with learning disabilities, but that has often been used to isolate people with disabilities.
What is the Stanford-Binet IQ Test.
Superman actor injured in an accident became a quadriplegic.
Who is Christopher Reeves.
What makes it possible for a physically challenged person to get from place to place
What is a wheelchair
This is the percentage of people who live with disabilities worldwide.
What is 20%.
This is the world’s only university in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students.
What is Gallaudet University.
This actress who is deaf is known for her appearances in shows like The West Wing and Law and Order.
Who is Marlee Matin.
This makes it possible to communicate with a hearing disabled person and for them to communicate with others
What is sign language?
Forms of disability that are not apparent but that impact the quality of life. Among these are schizophrenia or being deaf for example.
What is an Invisible Disability.
This medical practice was used historically and into the late 20th century on people with mental disabilities in institutional care.
What is sterilization.
This individual is a world famous theoretical physicist, author, mathematician, and cosmologist.
Who is Stephen Hawking.
What disability at times makes it difficult to communicate with others, have muscle tightness, and have few emotional connections
What is autism
This device has the ability to read printed material aloud.
Kurzweil Personal Reader