Physical Disabilities
This device, often motorized or manual, provides mobility for people who cannot walk.
What is a wheelchair?
This Deafblind American activist became a world-famous author and speaker, inspiring disability rights movements.
Who is Helen Keller?
Instead of saying “confined to a wheelchair,” many people prefer this phrase.
What is “uses a wheelchair”?
This landmark U.S. law, passed in 1990, prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act / ADA?
This common condition is sometimes called the “common cold of mental health” because it affects so many people.
What is depression?
This condition, often caused at birth, affects muscle tone, movement, and coordination.
What is cerebral palsy?
This scientist, who had dyslexia, developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
“Neurodiverse” is a term often used to describe people with conditions like ADHD or ____.
What is autism?
Schools must provide supports like IEPs and special education services under this 1975 law.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act – IDEA?
This anxiety disorder is characterized by sudden intense fear, often with a racing heart and shortness of breath.
What is a panic attack / panic disorder?
This chronic illness, sometimes called “MS,” affects the brain and spinal cord by damaging protective nerve coverings.
What is multiple sclerosis?
This actor, who uses a wheelchair, starred in Breaking Bad as Walter Jr.
Who is RJ Mitte?
True or False: Substance use disorder is recognized as a medical condition, not a moral failing.
What is True?
A “reasonable accommodation” is any change that helps a person with a disability do this.
What is perform the essential functions of their job?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, diagnoses of this neurodevelopmental disorder surged, especially among adults, as increased remote work and heightened awareness brought symptoms like inattention and executive dysfunction into sharper focus.
What is ADHD?
True or False: Cerebral palsy always gets worse over time.
What is False — it’s non-progressive, though effects may change with age.
This artist, who had polio as a child, is famous for self-portraits that often included her disability experience.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
Instead of “normal person,” say this when talking about someone without a disability.
What is “non-disabled person” or “person without a disability”?
This 1973 law, specifically Section 504, prohibits disability discrimination in federally funded programs.
What is the Rehabilitation Act?
This U.S. hotline, launched in 2022, provides 24/7 crisis support for mental health emergencies.
What is 988?
This genetic condition causes progressive muscle weakness and has multiple forms, including Duchenne and Becker.
What is muscular dystrophy?
This Marvel hero lost the use of his legs but fights crime in a flying chair.
Who is Professor X?
This phrase, borrowed from the disability community, means policies should not exclude people with disabilities.
What is “Nothing about us without us”?
This U.S. law protects the rights of airline passengers with disabilities.
What is the Air Carrier Access Act?
This psychiatrist’s “hierarchy of needs” is often used to understand human motivation and mental well-being.
Who is Abraham Maslow?