Disability History
Disability Etiquette
Disability Data
Disability Pride Flag
100
What year did the American Disability Act (ADA) become law? What did it prevent to do?
What is in 1990, it aimed to protect civil rights that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
100
This term focuses on the person and not on a disability or some other characteristic or limitation.
Person with disability
100
In the Canada alone, about 8 million (or 1 out of 5 adults) are of this particular population, making up the largest minority group.
What is people with disabilities? (2022 Data)
100
Red represents this type of disability in the flag.
Physical Disabilities
200
What year did the Canadian Federal Government sign Accessible Canada Act to make organizations find, remove and alleviate barriers?
What is 2019
200
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?
200
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?
200
Gold represents this type of disability in the flag.
Cognitive & Intellectual Disabilities
300
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"?
300
This word refers to discrimination and social prejudice against people with disabilities.
What is Ableism or Ableist?
300
There are over 200 types of this particular condition.
What is mental illness?
300
White represents this type of disability in the flag.
Nonvisible & Undiagnosed Disabilities
400
In 1869, this first mobility device is registered with the U.S. Patent Office.
What is the wheelchair?
400
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?
400
What is the fastest growing disability type in Canada since 2022?
Mental health-related disabilities. 6% in 4 Years!. (2022 Data)
400
Blue represents this type of disability in the flag.
Psychiatric Disabilities
500
Started in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, this sports organization gives individuals with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to compete worldwide.
What is the Special Olympics?
500
What is the name of an animal that is allowed to assist a person with a disability in all public spaces?
A Service Animal
500
Which age group has experienced the biggest increase in disabilities?
Youth - (15 - 24)
Working Aged Adults ( 25- 64)
Seniors (65+)
20% of youth (Aged 15 - 24) had a disability, an increase of 7 percentage points over 2017, when the disability rate was 13%. (2022 Data)
500
Green represents this type of disability in the flag.
Sensory Disabilities
