Disability and Society
If you need academic support at PC, what office should you go to and who in that office should you contact?
Office of Academic Services
Contact Johnathan Gomes
Which famous actor who starred in moves such as Mission Impossible and War of the Worlds has Dyslexia?
Tom Cruise
A Person who is unable to see because of an injury, disease, or a congenital condition is...
Blind or visually impaired
If you want to ask a person with a disability a question and that person is accompanied by an able-bodied person, should you ask the person with the disability directly or should you ask their able-bodied companion?
Ask the person with a disability
Which 1990 act provided comprehensive civil rights protection for people with disabilities?
The Americans with Disabilities Act
True or False: Because the ADA states that public buildings need to be accessible, all public buildings are accessible
False
Which famous composer became deaf and yet wrote some of the most famous music of all times?
Beethoven
What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that does not affect general intelligence.
True or False: Touching a service dog with the harness on can result in the dog having to retire early
True
Under which president was the Social Security Act passed?
Franklin Roosevelt
Where is the most prominent University for the deaf and heard of hearing located and what is the name of the University?
Location: Washington DC
Name: Gallaudet University
What famous singer is blind who is not Stevie Wonder?
Ray Charles
What disorder is a mental condition, present from early childhood, that is characterized by the difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts?
Autism Spectrum Disorder
If you are driving down the street and you notice a person walking with a cane or guide dog who appear to be about to cross the street, what is the appropriate action?
Stop and let them cross because people who are bling and guide dogs have to right of way
After what war did the rights of people with disabilities first become an issue in the United States?
World War II
How do people who are blind play baseball?
Beep Baseball
Which famous professional golfer had a severe stutter as a child that caused him to be teased and have to attend speech therapy?
Tiger Woods
What condition is marked by impaired muscle coordination (spastic paralysis) and/or other disabilities, that is typically caused by damage to the brain either before or at birth?
Cerebral Palsy
If you are an employer, are you allowed to ask about someone's disability in an interview if the interviewee does not bring it up?
No
What law first required that employers consider people with disabilities for job openings?
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Because those who are blind cannot drive, how can they get to where they need to go?
Bonus: In MA, which form of transportation is the state required to provide for free to anyone with a physical disability?
Public transportation
Paratransit
Uber/Lyft
Walking
Bonus Answer: T System
Which women's soccer star, who holds the record for scoring the most international goals, also had a club foot and had to wear casts as a child to fix it?
Mia Hamm
What disability is a hereditary condition that is marked by progressive weakening and wasting of the muscles?
Muscular Dystrophy
Are Uber or Lyft drivers allowed to reject guide dogs or service dogs from entering their car?
No
Which term is the science of improving the human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics? This especially applied to the sterilization and institutionalization of those with physical and mental disabilities?
Eugenics