Types of Disabilities
This disability makes reading and spelling tough, but does not affect intelligence.
What is dyslexia?
This famous scientist and author was a symbol of perseverance, despite being deaf and blind.
Who is Helen Keller?
This landmark U.S. law was signed in 1990 to prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities.
What is the American with Disabilities Act ?
A device that helps amplify sounds for people with hearing loss.
What is a Hearing Aid?
Providing different resources or support to give every student an equal chance to succeed.
What is equity?
This type of disability often makes social interaction and communication difficult, and involves repetitive behaviors.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
This actor, known for roles like "Forrest Gump" and "Toy Story," has dyslexia.
Who is Tom Hanks?
The ADA is separated into five main sections, or these.
What are the titles?
FM, infrared, and induction loops are types of these systems used in public
What are assistive listening systems?
The practice of educating students with disabilities in general education classrooms alongside their non-disabled peers.
What is Inclusion?
This IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) category includes conditions like ADHD, asthma, and diabetes.
What is Other Heath Impairment
This American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist has ADHD.
Who is Simone Biles ?
This federal law mandates that all eligible children with disabilities receive a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).
What is the IDEA?
This software reads digital text aloud for people with visual impairments or reading disabilities.
What is a screen reader or text-to-speech software?
A visual schedule or fidget toy is an example of this, designed to help a student focus and participate in class.
What is an accommodation?
This physical disability can result in the loss of use of all four limbs.
What is quadriplegia?
This prominent environmental activist has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
This is the name of the world's only university designed specifically for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
What is Gallaudet University?
This is the name for the striped area next to an accessible parking stall, providing space for entry and exit from a vehicle.
What is an access aisle?
True or False: Employers can ask medical or disability-related questions on a job application or during an interview.
What is false? (They cannot.)
A combination of severe hearing and vision loss, which presents unique communication challenges.
What is deaf blindness?
This brilliant theoretical physicist used a communication device due to ALS.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
This self-advocacy movement for people with intellectual disabilities began in Sweden in the late 1960s.
What is the self advocacy movement?
Open captioning, closed captioning, and real-time captioning are all examples of these.
What are auxiliary aids and services?
A ramp's slope should not exceed this ratio, according to the ADA.
What is 1:12?