Types of Disabilities
Having this disability means you cannot hear or are hearing impaired.
What is Deaf?
Wider doors, ramps, and elevators provide accessibility for a person using what type of mobility device?
What is a wheelchair?
Ableism ignores or devalues the civil rights of people with _________.
What is disabilities?
Chrissie is a character on this PBS Kids show who uses leg braces and forearm crutches. She has cerebral palsy and a horse named Peaches.
What is "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood"?
Disability is the largest minority in the U.S.
What is true?
One in four has a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
People with this disability may use Braille and voice-texting to communicate.
What is blindness or visual impairment?
This feature isn't just for watching YouTube without the sound on; it makes videos accessible for people who are Deaf.
What is Closed Captioning or Subtitles?
Ableism is a ________ that discriminates against people with any type of mental or physical disability:
a. belief
b. attitude
c. action
d. all of the above
What is d. all of the above?
Marissa Bode is the first actor who uses a wheelchair to play Nessa, Elphaba's younger sister, in this movie.
What is "Wicked"?
Getting your friends to laugh by making fun of a person with a disability is okay because it was "just a joke."
What is False?
You may call it a joke, but it's just plain mean.
This is the most common type of physical disability in the U.S.
What is mobility (difficulty moving independently)?
Entering alternate text or descriptions for photos make websites and social media accessible for people who have this disability.
What is blind or vision impaired?
An example of an ableist action is when someone who is not disabled ________ in a spot designated for vehicles belonging to disabled people.
What is parks?
One of the most memorable roles of Peter Dinklage, who has a disability called dwarfism, is as the children's book author Miles Finch in this classic Christmas movie starring Will Ferrell.
What is "Elf"?
People with disabilities never like being called disabled.
What is False?
Some do and some don't. It'be best to ask -- or better yet, just call them by their name.
Diabetes, ADHD and Epilepsy are examples of this type of disability that isn't always obvious?
What is Invisible?
Students who need extra support for education to be accessible to them may have an I.E.P., which stands for this.
What is an Individualized Education Plan?
When someone uses ableist slurs or puts down someone because of disability, we can make a difference by saying ___________.
What is "Stop" or "That's not okay"?
A boy named Auggie who has severe facial differences overcomes bullies and ableism at his local school in this movie.
What is "Wonder"?
You need to talk slowly and loudly to anyone who appears disabled.
What is False?
Unless you know they are hearing impaired, you can talk to people with disabilities the same way you talk to anyone else.
Difficulty reading, writing, understanding or retaining information are examples of this type of disability.
What is a learning disability?
The Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law by what US President in 1990?
Who is George H.W. Bush?
What is afraid or scared?
Stephen Hawking, a physicist known for his work on black holes -- and who also was paralyzed and used a computerized voice device -- appeared seven times on this TV comedy?
What is "Big Bang Theory"?
You should always try to help a person with a disability.
What is False?
It's best to ask first rather than assume a person can't do a task.