General Categories
An example of a mental disability/illness.
What is including but not limited to: anxiety, OCD, depression, bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress, schizophrenia, eating disabilities (including anorexia and bulimia), substance abuse and addiction?
People can often use this to describe an emotion they are having one day, something that quickly comes and goes. People can also often make jokes about this form of death and joke they will do it impromptu or that someone dies this way because they “couldn’t handle it.”
What is a mischaracterization of depression and death by suicide? Depression is actually a clinical diagnosis changing how someone feels and acts. It often presents a lack of interest in things, irritability, and physical effects. Death by suicide is often what feels like a last resort and is not because someone was not strong enough.
Providing ______________ is costly.
What are accommodations?
Often, providing accommodations is not costly.
You should never treat anyone differently.
What is True?
“Fair isn't everyone getting the same thing Fair is everyone getting what they need to be successful”
-Classroom Poster
A model, tv personality, cookbook author, and wife of John Legend who has spoken about her experiences with postpartum depression.
Who is Chrissy Teigen?
An example of a neurological developmental or intellectual disability
What is including but not limited to: down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, fragile X syndrome, ADHA, dyslexia, other learning disorders, autism spectrum?
People can say someone is [this] (or “artistic” when a teacher is near) when they are trying to call someone stupid. This can especially happen when someone doesn’t understand something right away or says or does something differently.
What is a mischaracterization of Autism Spectrum Disorder? ASD is actually a neurological and developmental disorder that affects how people interact with others, communicate, learn, and behave. It can commonly include difficulty in communication and interaction with others and restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. ASD is a spectrum and everyone is unique.
Most people with disabilities cannot have sexual, or other types of, _____________.
What are relationships?
In reality, a lot people who have disabilities have loving and fulfilling relationships of all types.
Accommodations and simple actions to improve life and ability to work should never be made.
What is false?
Do I really have to explain this one?
A military veteran, wheelchair and prosthetic user, Illinois Senator, accomplisher of many firsts, and much more.
Who is Tammy Duckworth?
An example of a physical disability.
What is including but not limited to: cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy, amputations and loss of limbs, arthritis, diabetes, deaf, blindness?
People can say this is when someone wants something to be neat or inline. Or when a pattern is a little off or a door is slightly open they can say their “___ is triggering.” Sometimes it is used as a 'joke' for why someone has a way they do something.
What is a mischaracterization of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? OCD is actually continuous unwanted thoughts and fears known as obsessions. And those obsessions lead to repetitive behaviors to ‘fix’ the obsessions known as compulsions. These can present themselves in many ways, both internally and externally.
People with disabilities are _____ and courageous.
What is brave?
It is often said people who have disabilities are brave and courageous, but it can be dehumanizing to say they must overcome something live. And that having a disability requires them to be something more, rather than just live their life.
You should never assume something or do something without someone’s approval or consent, even if you think it will help.
What is true?
Like anything, you should always listen to the person and go with what they say. Learn what is best to do and how to best help, if needed.
Often cited as one of the greatest boxers of all time, an opposition to the Viet Nam war and a draft evader, as well as a person diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
An example of an emotional disability.
What is including but not limited to: depressive disorders (including perinatal and postpartum), bipolar, PMDD, two rough categories of depressive symptoms and mania symptoms?
People can say this when someone’s mood shifts or they are being ‘too’ emotional one way or the other.
What is a mischaracterization of bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder is actually a lifelong, manageable condition that can include swings between lows of depression and highs of mania or hypomania. These mood swings can affect sleep, energy, activity, judgment, behavior and the ability to think clearly. Episodes of mood swings may occur rarely or multiple times a year. While most people will experience some emotional symptoms between episodes, some may not experience any.
All people with _______ complications can read lips.
What is hearing?
In reality, many people with hearing complications, or who are deaf, can't read lips. Some people can, or can understand some of what you say, but it should never be assumed that if you talk, they can understand you.
Disabilities, even physical disabilities, are always visible and perfectly defined.
What is false?
Disabilities can often team up and overlap. There is not always a perfect definition or grouping. It is another identity for people to define.
An actor who is deaf and has played many roles including Sarah in Children Of A Lesser God, Joey Lucas in The West Wing, Jodi Lerner in The L Word, and Jackie Rossi in CODA.
Who is Marlee Matlin?
An example of a neurodegenerative disability.
What is including but not limited to: Alzheimer's disease and other memory disorders, ataxia, ALS, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, motor neuron disease, multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy?
People can often use this term to generally say other people, or themselves, are crazy or going crazy. People say it is seeing visions, hearing voices, or having imagination and talking and acting weird.
What is a mischaracterization of Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is actually a chronic brain disorder that affects less than one percent of the U.S. population. When schizophrenia is active, symptoms of episodes can include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, trouble with thinking, and lack of motivation. Most people with schizophrenia are not more violent or dangerous than people without and are often victims and not everyone ends up homeless. There are often other complicating factors in a person who has schizophrenia’s life.
All persons who use wheelchairs are ___________ ill or sick and/or people who use wheelchairs are "wheelchair-bound.”
What is chronically?
Disabilities can change over time, and different things at different times can be used to aid someone. You should not assume a person's medical business or what they can or can not do.
Disabilities can and do change over hours, days, months, years, etc.
What is true?
Also, you do not need to know what someone’s disability is, and it is not up to them to explain it to you.
He is the first musician who happens to have down syndrome to play at Carnegie Hall, and travels all around playing music for people. He can play seven instruments including the Bb and bass clarinet, alto saxophone, violin, trumpet, piano and drums.
Who is Sujeet Desai?