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What year was the Americans with Disabilities Act signed?
What is 1990
100
What famous US football player has club foot?
Who is Troy Aiken
100
What disability makes it tough to read and spell?
What is Dyslexia
100
What president may have suffered from melancholia—today’s form of depression?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
What is one of the three major requirements for a person to be considered a person with a disability according to the American’s with Disabilities Act?
What is Answer: (1) Has a condition that limits one or more major life activity, (2) has a record of such impairment, (3) or is considered to have such an impairment
200
What year was the American’s with Disabilities Act amended?
What is 2008
200
What American female surfer lost her left arm to a shark attack in 2003 and later won the ESPY Award for the Best Comeback Athlete of the Year in 2004?
Who is Bethany Hamilton
200
What type of disability makes social interaction and communication difficult?
What is Autism
200
What famous blind musician signed with Motown Records at the age of 12 and continues to perform today?
What is Stevie Wonder
200
What is the name of the device that has the ability to read printed material aloud?
What is Kurzweil Personal Reader
300
What is the name of the world’s only university in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students?
What is Gallaudet University
300
What is the name of the Olympic diver who is a 6 time world champion and was diagnosed with HIV?
Who is Greg Louganis
300
What is the name of the disability where one side of the body is paralyzed?
What is Hemiplegia
300
What famous actor lives with Parkinson’s Disease? Hint: He starred in Back to the Future and Spin City.
Who is Michael J. Fox
300
What brilliant atomic physicist, most famous for his Theory of Relativity may have had Asperger’s syndrome and dyslexia?
Who is Albert Einstein
400
This medical practice was used historically and into the late 20th century on people with mental retardation in institutional care.
What is Sterilization
400
What is the name of the Olympic runner who won her 10th career national championships in the 100-meter hurdles and was named the fastest woman in the world in 2001 and is diagnosed with Graves disease?
Who is Gail Devers
400
What is the name of the disability where people have difficulty staying wake in the daytime?
What is Narcolepsy
400
What famous actor, director, producer was paralyzed in an accident during an equestrian competition?
Who is Christopher Reeve
400
According the the World Health Organization, what is the estimated number of people who live with disabilities worldwide?
What is Answer: roughly 600 million
500
What IQ test was originally designed to help identify children with learning disabilities, but that has often been used to isolate people with disabilities?
What is Stanford-Binet IQ Test
500
What is the name of the Golfer who has won 90 tournaments, a leader among active players on the PGA TOUR and is the career money list leader and is a stutterer?
Who is Tiger Woods
500
What type of disability may be aided by a cochlear implant?
What is Hearing Impairment
500
What famous female amputee competed against able-bodied athletes in NCAA events and later became a model?
Who is Aimee Mullins
500
Who has studied the affects of combat on soldiers?
Who is Lt. Col. David Grossman