MULTIPLE CHOICE
TRUE OR FALSE
RANDOM
MEDIA
100
The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the U.S. law that finally guaranteed equal rights for people with disabilities. What year did the ADA become a law?
1936
1985
1990
2002
3. 1990 (it was revised in 2008)
100
True or false? People who are blind have no perception of light.
False. Blindness is defined by the World Health Organization as vision in a person's best eye with best correction of less than 20/500 or a visual field of less than 10 degrees.
100
Which technology company recently created a specially designed video game adaptive controller for people with disabilities?
Microsoft (Xbox)
100
Which character from Glee has Down Syndrome?
Becky, played by Lauren Potter who also has Down syndrome.
200
How many individuals worldwide have hearing loss?
Up to 100 million people
100-300 million people
300-500 million people
More than 500 million people
3. 466 million people have hearing loss.
200
True or false? Up to one million people in the world have some form of disability.
False. According to the World Health Organization, over one Billion people in the world have some form of disability. This corresponds to about 20% of the population.
200
An estimated ___% of males have deficiencies in color perception.
8%
200
What character from Switched at Birth has a hearing disability?
Daphne Vasquez (played by Katie Leclerc) is a hearing-impaired teenager who discovers she was sent home from the hospital with the wrong family as an infant. The show features other hearing-impaired characters and features one episode performed entirely in American Sign Language (ASL).
300
WCAG is the acronym for industry standard guidelines used to assess digital accessibility. What does WCAG stand for?
World Council Accessibility Group
World Content Access Governance
Web Consortium Accessibility Guidelines
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
4. WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. These were first published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 2008 to assist web developers in creating accessible web sites. There are three WCAG levels, A, AA, and AAA, with level AA being the most commonly used by industry. In 2018, the W3C published version 2.1 which added additional guidelines to assist developers in addressing cognitive impairments and creating accessible mobile apps.
300
True or false? Current production of hearing aids meets over 60% of global need.
False. According to the World Health Organization, current production of hearing aids meets less than 10% of global need.
300
___% of Facebook videos are watched without sound.
85% - closed captioning/subtitles are used instead
300
What Game of Thrones actress has a disability?
Emilia Clarke revealed that she suffered from two brain aneurysms that nearly took her life in the early years of the blockbuster HBO series.
400
A screen reader is software often used by individuals who are blind or have low vision to access a computer, tablet or smartphone. Which one of the following is NOT a screen reader?
Voiceover
Siri
VoiceView
TalkBack
NVDA
2. Siri. VoiceOver is the built-in screen reader for iOS and Mac OS X. VoiceView is built into Amazon products. and TalkBack is included with Android. NVDA is a popular screen reader for Windows.
400
True of False: Some people who are deaf do not use sign language.
True - Not all deaf people know sign language, or choose to use sign language interpreters. Some prefer to communicate through lip reading and some prefer sign language. When a person is reading your lips, enunciate clearly, but do not yell or over enunciate your words, as you will distort your lip movements
400
___% of Home Pages have At Least One WCAG 2.0 Failure
98.1%!
400
What famous professor has been diagnosed with ALS?
Stephen Hawking
He was a Professor for Cambridge. He advanced our knowledge of general relativity and quantum gravity and has made enormous contributions in math, science, and physics while living with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare nerve disorder that affects muscular strength, movement, and overall body function.
500
Which American sports tradition was invented to address players who were deaf and hard of hearing?
The American Football huddle
Referee hand signals
The scoreboard
Player numbers
1. In the 1890s an American Football quarterback named Paul Hubbard created the “huddle” while playing for Gallaudet University, a school for the deaf and hard of hearing. The huddle was used to prevent opposing teams from seeing the sign language being used to communicate the next play to their teammates. It was such a great idea, and so useful, that every professional and amateur football team still uses the huddle to this day. Another example of “universal design!”
500
True or False - Most disabilities are not easily visible.
True - Most disabilities are invisible. Examples include learning disabilities, chemical sensitivities, and chronic pain.
500
The biggest cause of accessibility failures in websites is...
low contrast text
500
What musical artist is legally blind?
Stevie Wonder
This blind pianist and musician revolutionized the genres of funk, jazz, and pop. Some may even say he created his own musical genres.