Disability Rights
This 1990 law prohibits discrimination based on disability in the US.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
This physicist with ALS used a computer to speak and studied black holes.
Stephen Hawking
This technology allows people who can't use stairs to move between building floors.
Elevators/lifts
The wheelchair symbol that marks accessible parking and entrances.
International Symbol of Access
This animated series featuring Toph, a blind earthbender who "sees" through vibrations.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Disability Pride Month is celebrated in this month each year.
July
This Deaf actress won an Oscar in 1987 for "Children of a Lesser God."
Marlee Matlin
This TV feature displays dialogue as text on screen.
Closed captions/subtitles
Many prefer "disabled person" over " ___"
Person with Disability
This Disney character has a limb difference and gets lost in the ocean.
Nemo!
The ADA requires buildings to have these walkways at curbs.
Curb Cut / Ramp
This author and activist became a leading voice for disability rights in the early 1900s.
Helen Keller
This assistive writing system uses raised dots that can be read by touch.
Braille
This term means discrimination or prejudice against disabled people.
Ableism
This Netflix series stars a blind Marvel superhero lawyer.
Daredevil
This 26-day protest in 1977 fought for disability civil rights regulations.
Section 504 Sit-in
Blind singer-songwriter who wrote "Superstition" and "Isn't She Lovely."
Stevie Wonder
This software reads digital text aloud from computers and phones.
Screen readers / Text-to-Speech
This word describes differences in brain function like autism, ADHD, and dyslexia.
Neurodiversity/neurodivergent
Highly recognized Olympic swimmer with ADHD
Michael Phelps
This movement advocates that disabled people should control decisions about their own lives.
Independent Living Movement
President who used a wheelchair and led the US through WWII.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
This technology converts speech to text for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Speech-to-text/voice recognition/live transcription
This idea views disability as a medical problem to be fixed or cured.
Medical model of disability
This actor has dyslexia: Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, or Tom Hardy?
All three!