Curb Cutter Effect
This “e-bike-like” dental accessory was invented to make an everyday routine easier for people with limited mobility or extensive orthodontia
What is the Electric toothbrush
She sails the sea, fights for the Earth’s future, and infuriates far-right political figures the world over. At 23 years old, the “Activism” section of her Wikipedia page is longer than some long-read essays!
Who is Greta Thunberg
This 1990 landmark law prohibits discrimination based on disability.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
What are three ways that the same information can be conveyed in a workplace to meet different needs?
What is Verbally (audio, full group meeting, one-on-one meeting), written (slack, email, agenda or notes document), visually (flowcharts, diagrams, pictures)
Though the term “minority group” is imperfect, a common refrain in disability activism is that this is the only minority group that anyone can join at any time over the course of their lives.
What is the Disabled Community
This predecessor to the modern keyboard was quickly adopted for use by the Deaf/HoH, blind/visually-impaired, and mute communities, contributing greatly to its commercial success
What is the Typewriter
This "Nightmare Before Christmas" director discovered his own Autism as an adult.
Who is Tim Burton
In 2024, this American Airline was ordered to pay a $50 million fine for violations against passengers with disabilities, including routine damage to mobility aids and undignified treatment of passengers.
What is American Airlines
These are the two kinds of animals officially recognized as “service animals” in the United States.
What are Dogs and miniature horses
This term refers to people whose brains work and process information differently.
What is Neurodivergent?
Though disability advocates have campaigned for this accommodation to become more mainstream since the invention of DSL, it took a global pandemic for many industries to adopt this working style more broadly
What is Working from home
She revolutionized livestock handling systems throughout the United States and found the time to reshape how society understands autistic thinking!
Who is Temple Grandin
The 1990 protest where activists abandoned their mobility aids to climb the Capitol steps and draw attention to the lack of accessibility in public life.
What is the Capitol Crawl?
This word describes the kinds of accommodations that employers are legally obligated to provide their qualified employees.
What is "reasonable"
This disability involves difficulty with reading and spelling, and is often, but not always, diagnosed in childhood.
What is Dyslexia?
This whimsical beverage accessory makes sipping more exciting, and was originally developed for people dealing with illness or limited mobility
What is the Bendy straw
This journalist, author, and advocate once joined the #mbookclub in 2023 to discuss his book “We’re Not Broken”
Who is Eric Garcia
The self-advocacy movement for people with intellectual disabilities began in this country in the 1960s.
What is Sweden
The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Lanyard is a subtle strategy used to signal a need for accommodations in various settings. It got its start in what kind of bustling place?
What is an Airport
Self-regulating behaviors—such as hand-flapping or rocking—used by neurodivergent (and neurotypical!) people to manage sensory input.
What is stimming?
This global kitchen brand, beloved by many throughout the world for its easy-to-use gadgets, was inspired by its founder’s desire to make cooking tools for his wife, who had arthritis and chronic pain
What is OXO, or OXO Good Grips
This game designer, once a bug-loving, arcade game-playing kid, is best known for spearheading development of the intensely crowd-pleasing video game franchise, Pokemon.
Who is Satoshi Tajiri
This powerful refrain was first popularized, in its English form, by disability rights activists in South Africa, Eastern Europe, and the United States.
What is “Nothing about us without us.”
This is one type of change an employer can implement to create an accommodating workplace. Examples include: purchasing software that magnifies the computer screen to allow an employee with low vision to correctly enter and read information on the computer, or providing an ergonomic product.
What is Equipment Change
Named after Rosa Marcellino… removes “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” from federal health, education and labor policy. Replaced with "individual with an intellectual disability” and “intellectual disability”
What is Rosa’s Law