Sight Unseen
Person First language
What is talking about someone with a disability as a person, not just a disability.
The civil rights legislation guaranteeing the rights of people with disabilities.
What is the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)?
An extension of their bodies.
How do most wheelchair users feel about their wheelchairs.
When you see a service animal, do not ________ it.
What is pet?
Individuals with sight impairment often arrange their food like a ____________ on their plate.
What is a clock?
Treating someone as they would like to be treated and with respect.
What is etiquette?
When you see a person in a wheelchair struggling, it is _____ to just give them a push.
What is BAD?
Some ADA modifications, like ______________ make life easier for everyone, not just individuals with disabilities.
What are ramps or accessible bathroom stalls or automatic doors?
Ask and then offer your arm.
What is the best way to help a blind person get somewhere.
It's not the "handicapped" stall or the "disabled" stall, it's the _____________ stall.
What is accessible?
When speaking to a person in a wheelchair, grab a ______ and a get on their ________.
What are "chair" and "level"?
Employers must provide reasonable ______________ accommodations for employees with disabilities, such as magnified computer screens and tall desks.
What are accommodations?
When communicating with a deaf person, talk to the person, not the _______________.
What is the interpreter?
Most blind people can distinguish between ______ and ____.
What is light and dark?
Ask before you help, be sensitive about physical contact & think before you speak.
What are the basic rules of disability etiquette?
The term "wheelchair bound" is inaccurate because a wheelchair provides the user with the _____________ to get around.
What is freedom, ability or independence?
The Disability Rights Movement started at the same time as the _______________ Right Movement.
What is Civil or Women's?
CFI is persons with disabilities actively participating in enhancing their own rights and abilities through service, supports, education and community change.
What is CFI's mission?