Challenges
A system of discrimination based on the false belief that disabled people are inferior to nondisabled individuals. It is a form of discrimination in which disabled people are oppressed and nondisabled people are privileged.
What is ableism?
In 2022 what form of disability did Veterans experience the most?
What is cognitive disabilities?
In systems theory, what term describes the immediate environment a person interacts with (e.g., family, school)?
What is the Microsystem?
Civil rights law prohibiting discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, transportation, education, and public accommodations (MACRO)
What is ADA?
December 3rd is significant because ...
What is the national day for people with disabilities?
What recent event contributed to increased isolation, risk of serious illness, and barriers to care?
What is the COVID 19 pandemic?
As of 2024, what was the most claimed VA disability?
What is tinnitus?
A law limits access to services for people with disabilities. Which system is primarily involved?
What is the Macrosystem?
Case Management & Advocacy, Counseling & Therapy, Individualized Plans, are examples of what level of SW?
What are examples of micro SW practice?
Gallaudet University, a school for the deaf, created what to stop rival teams from reading their sign language signals. (Football)
What is a football huddle?
This approach recognizes that it is a combination of multiple individual characteristics and factors relating to the environment (or society), which come together to shape a person’s vulnerability
What is intersectional?
What mental health diagnosis is most claimed among veterans?
What is PTSD?
What are the advantages of analyzing disabilities through a systems theory lens?
It frames the issue as more than just an individual issue and emphasizes the person in the environment.
Which model of disability focuses on changing society rather than the individual?
What is the Social Model of Disability?
Ralph Teetor, a blind inventor, was inspired to create this after becoming frustrated with his driver slowing down while talking.
What is cruise control?
Persons with disabilities are the only minority group that anyone can join at any time, often referred to as the __________ minority group.
What is the largest?
What percent of the veteran population claims VA disability?
What is 30%?
The combination of systems theory and Ecology led to the creation of what similar perspective?
What is the Ecological Perspective?
What language is considered the “gold standard” when working with people with disabilities?
What is Person first language?
A tactile code or writing system that allows people who are blind or visually impaired to read and write in various languages
What is Braille?
What are highly specialized working animals that perform life-saving tasks for people with disabilities?
What is a service animal?
What sport did U.S. Veteran Brad Mikkelsen create? Originally called Murderball
What is wheelchair rugby?
A person in a wheelchair’s health worsens as a result of construction disrupting public transportation. What factors may have contributed to their decline in health from a systems theory perspective?
The stress related to the delays, inability to find alternatives, missing appointments, and financial concerns related to the alternatives.
Social workers must use self-reflection to uncover _______ in how they view disability.
What is bias?
What flower on a lanyard represents an invisible disability?
What is a sunflower?