UConn and Disability
where should a student go if they need accommodations for their disability?
What is CSD(Center for students with disabilities)
Are all people in wheelchairs sickly or terminally ill?
What is no, there are many ways a person can be in a wheelchair that is not terminally ill.
how can you make events more disability-friendly?
What is creating a more accessible environment ?
This president was paralyzed from the waist down due to Polio.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
person with a disability
what is an affirmative phrase?
If you arer physically disabled and it is hard to get around campus what does the CSD offer?
what is the Accesible Van Service?
Is a child rude if they ask someone about their disability?
No, not really, most people with a disability will answer the childs question, it is good to not scold your child into thinking a disability is "bad" or "wrong".
How can I help stop the stigma of disabilities?
What is SPEAK UP, sometimes others need you to be an advocate and if you hear a derogatory remark, say something!
This person is one of the most well-known physicists in the world despite their ALS diagnosis at 21
What is Stephen Hawking
Crippled
Lame
Deformed
What is a Negative phrase?
What Act allows students to have service animals with them in residential life?
What is the Fair Housing Act?
Can physically disabled people have sexual relationships?
Of course, just because someone has a physical disability doesn't mean they don't have sexual tendencies, they are just like every other human being!
Discrimination against individuals with disabilities from full participation and opportunity within society's systems and activities
what is ableism?
This person is one of the most famous Mexican artists who contracted Polio when she was young and suffered a permanent back injury from a Trolley Accident. A lot of their self-portraits show them portrayed in a wheelchair.
who is Frida Kahlo?
injury to the spinal cord below neck which results in paralysis of lower extremities.
What is paraplegia?
What does the group REACH stand for?
Resources in Education and Advocacy for Current Huskies
People with disabilities should be treated as heroes or get special treatment?
What is no, people with disabilities, especially physical disabilities do not see their disability as a burden therefore do not want extra special attention in most cases.
Failure to give people the amount and the kind of help they need to participate fully in all major aspects of life in a society.
What is the social construction of a disability?
This person created the first wheelchair accessible van with hand controls. His vision has brought mobility via four wheels to millions of people around the world.
Who is Ralph Braun?
damage to the spinal cord in the neck results in paralysis of all extremities
what is quadriplegia?
What group on campus seeks to empower students with disabilities to advocate for themselves and others and serve as mentors?
What is Delta Alpha Pi Honor Society?
people with physical disabilities cannot live a full life.
What are people with disabilities can live full lives and can participate in all forms of community?
American with Disabilities Act 1990 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in...
What is employment, public transportation, state and local government, public accommodations, and telecommunication.
One of the most powerful people with a disability to hold public office since FDR and was nominated for a Nobel peace prize in 2012.
Who is Lenin Moreno?
illness-related disabilities
What is multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, or cerebral palsy?