History
This year was when the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed.
What is 1990?
He was one of the first professional athletes to succumb to the AIDS virus; the US Open tennis courts are named for him.
Who was Arthur Ashe?
This disability interferes with how the brain processes printed text.
What is dyslexia?
The 16th President was said to suffer from "melancholia" - now known as depression.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
These are the three major requirements for a person to be considered a person with a
disability according to the Americans with Disabilities Act; name one.
(1) Has a condition that limits one or more major life activity, (2) has a record of such
impairment, (3) or is considered to have such an impairment
This year was when the Americans with Disabilities Act was amended.
What is 2008?
This American female surfer lost her left arm to a shark attack in 2003 and later won the
ESPY Award for the Best Comeback Athlete of the Year in 2004.
Who is Bethany Hamilton?
This disability makes social interaction and communication difficult.
What is Autism?
This blind musician signed with Motown at the age of 12, but is still performing today.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
The device that has the ability to read printed material aloud.
What is a Kurzweil Personal Reader?
This Washington, D.C. institution is the world’s only university in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students.
What is Gallaudet University?
This Olympic diver is a 6 time world champion and was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, just prior to his final Olympics.
Who is Greg Louganis?
The medical condition where one side of the body is paralyzed.
This "Family Ties" actor was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
Who is Michael J. Fox?
This brilliant atomic physicist, most famous for his Theory of Relativity may have had Autism Spectrum Disorder and dyslexia.
Who was Albert Einstein?
Spay and neuter your relatives! This medical practice was used historically and into the late 20th century on people with mental
retardation in institutional care.
What is sterilization?
She won her 10th career national championships in
the 100-meter hurdles and was named the fastest woman in the world in 2001 and is
diagnosed with Graves disease.
Who is Gail Devers?
A disability where the person falls asleep without warning.
What is narcolepsy?
This "superman"-famous actor, director, producer-was paralyzed in an accident during an equestrian
competition.
Who was Christopher Reeve?
To the nearest hundred million, this is the WHO estimate of persons with disabilities world-wide.
What is 600 million?
This IQ test was originally designed to help identify children with learning disabilities, but has
often been used to isolate people with disabilities.
What is the Stanford-Binet IQ Test?
He has won 90 tournaments, is a leader among active players on the PGA Tour and is the career money list leader and is a stutterer.
Who is Tiger Woods?
This device, used to treat hearing impairment, is also the focus of intense debate within the deaf community.
What is a cochlear implant?
"Molly, you in danger, girl..." This Ghost actress has a learning disability.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
The pseudo-science which claims that managing disability is the responsibility of a cleaner gene pool.
What is Eugenics?