History
This U.S. President used a wheelchair while in office.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
Theoretical physicist who has ALS.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
Typed wording that allows Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing people to watch television, movies, and other videos.
What are closed captions?
Disability where a person has an extra chromosome.
What is Down Syndrome?
Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary detailing the disability rights movement.
What is Crip Camp?
This law, passed in 1990, is often referred to as the disability civil rights act.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Back to the Future actor who openly discusses his Parkinson's diagnosis.
Who is Michael J. Fox?
Walking device used to help blind/low vision individuals navigate streets and unfamiliar locations.
What is a white cane?
Learning disability commonly referred to as "word blindness."
What is dyslexia?
Canadian singer who revealed that she has Stiff Person Syndrome in a documentary.
Who is Celine Dion?
This law prohibits the discrimination against people with disabilities why flying.
What is the Air Carriers Access Act?
This Mexican painter best known for her self-portraits, contracted polio and was in an automobile accident, which caused her to paint from bed.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
A device used to enable people with lower body disabilities to drive.
What are hand controls?
Neurological disability where someone has difficulty focusing, exhibits hyperactivity, struggles with organization, and/or experiences impulsive behavior.
What is Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?
The first wheelchair-user to win a Tony award.
Who is Ali Stroker?
The father of the independent living movement.
Who is Ed Roberts?
This autistic inventor, ethologist, and professor at Colorado State University had an award-winning 2010 biopic made about her.
Who is Temple Grandin?
This helps people who are blind/low-vision watch TV, movies, and other videos.
What are audio descriptions?
An umbrella term used to describe mental health disabilities where a person experiences disturbances with eating, exercise, and/or persistent negative body image.
What is an eating disorder?
Superman actor who sustained a spinal cord injury from a horse back riding accident.
Who is Christopher Reeve?
The father of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Who is Justin Dart?
Activist known for orchestrating the 504 sit-ins and co-founding the World Institute on Disability.
Who is Judy Heumann?
When people with ADHD or similar disabilities complete tasks alongside one another to increase focus and productivity.
What is body-doubling?
The most common childhood physical disability, caused by damage to the brain before or shortly after birth.
What is cerebral palsy?
This actor filed a lawsuit over the Americans with Disabilities Act because he did not want to make the necessary renovations on his hotel.
Who is Clint Eastwood?