Disability History
On July 26, 1990, this important civil rights legislation was signed by President George H.W. Bush.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
She was the first Deaf-blind activist, writer, and speaker in American history.
Who is Helen Keller?
This language focuses on the person and not on a disability or some other characteristic or limitation.
What is "People First" language?
The Census Bureau tracks how many categories of disability.
What is six?
This word describes a person with a hearing loss.
What is Deaf, hard of hearing, or hearing disability?
This act includes Sections 501, which prohibits employment discrimination against individuals with disabilities in the federal sector.
What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
He is British and was considered one of the most influential scientist and theoretical physicist.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
This language is the idea that people with disabilities should be proud of their disabled identity, so the disability comes first before the person.
What is "Disability Pride" language?
This is the largest functional disability type (13% of adults) and they are individuals with serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
What is mobility disability?
This word describes a person with the lack of or complete loss of sight.
What is blind, limited vision, visually impaired?
This protest paved the way for disability rights on March 12, 1990, prior to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
What is the "Capitol Crawl"?
She was a Mexican painter who became a cultural icon. She contracted polio at the age of six and spent most of her life in bed suffering severe pain.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This word refers to discrimination and social prejudice against people with disabilities.
What is Ableism or Ableist?
There are over 200 types of this particular condition.
What is mental illness?
Dyslexia, Autism, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are examples of this disability.
What is cognitive or intellectual disability?
In 1869, this first mobility device is registered with the U.S. Patent Office.
What is the wheelchair?
He was the 32nd President of the United States who uses a wheelchair because of polio.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This model of disability views the individual as the problem and they need to be fixed or cured.
What is the "Medical" Model of Disability?
According to the 2020 American Community Survey, this is how many Detroiters with disabilities.
What is over 128,000?
Even though there are over 200 types of this condition, not all are necessarily considered a disability.
What is mental health?
The City of Detroit's Office of Disability Affairs was officially announced on this day.
What happened on February 11, 2021?
She was an abolitionist who went on missions to help Black people escape slavery through the Underground Railway. At 14 years old, she developed epilepsy after a slave owner hit her on the head.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This organization compiled a wonderful list of definitions for disability-related terms in its Disability Language Style Guide.
What is the National Center on Disability and Journalism?
In the United States alone, about 61 million (or 1 out of 4 adults) are of this particular population, making up the largest minority group.
What is people with disabilities?
Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, the person has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping.
What is independent living disability?