Law (International, National, Local)
Statistics
Readings
Potpourri
100

This US law prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
100

As of 2023, what percentage of MTA Stations are accessible?

27-%30%

100

What color is Heumann wearing in her Ted Talk?

(DONT LOOK)

Red, Rot, Rojo, etc

100

Name 2 examples of assistive technology.

Possible answers: hearing aids, wheelchairs, braille devices

200

What was the name of the school sued by the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Aid Society in 1972 for filthy, overcrowded, inhumane conditions?

Willowbrook State School

200

What percentage of the human population is disabled?

15%

200

How many people does it take to stop traffic on Madison Avenue during rush hour in NYC, according to Heumann?

50

200

How many SDGs make a reference to disability?

7
300

This international treaty, adopted in 2006, protects the rights of people with disabilities.

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

300

The estimated amount of people who will need assistive technology by 2050.

3.5 billion

300

What is the general argument of the author of "Disabilities and other identities - How do they intersect?"

"Arguably the SDGs and other global guidelines and treaties do not address disability as a significant identity sufficiently, nor recognise it as an important aspect of many people in combination with their other identities, rather than a stand-alone feature of them. When analysing the types of disadvantages that people experience, a broader more flexible approach is needed which recognises the ways in which different identities combine and influence people's experiences."

300

Why is Disabled in Action DIA protesting outside the MTA headquarters on March 4?

Maintenance of the elevators in the MTA stations is not efficient/sufficient.

400

This US Act, first enacted in 1975, is the fundamental law that supports and enhances the lives of the developmentally disabled and their families.

The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act

400

What percentage of the world's population lives in an urban environment?

55%

400

What are the differences between disability and impairment?

Impairment: individual, private, physical limitation

Disability: structural, public, social exclusion

400

This program from the New York Transit Museum that builds on a shared interest in trains among students on the autism spectrum.

Subway Sleuths

500

This 1980 act upholds the civil rights and addresses the mental health and disability needs of those in custody.

Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
500

Percentage of persons with disabilities living in developing countries.

80%

500

Name/Summarize one program of Disability Rights New York (DRNY).

CAP: College Sponsorship Academy — continuing education and employment challenges 

PAAT: Inaccessible Absentee Ballot — voting with assistive technology 

PABSS: Advocacy for Back Wages and Settlement — barriers to employment, including discrimination and lack of accommodations 

PADD: Fighting for De-Institutionalization of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities — systemic and individual advocacy for community placement 

PAIMI: Thousands of Medicaid-Eligible Children Denied Mental Health Treatment — systemic and individual advocacy for mental health diagnosis 

PAIR: Inaccessible Sidewalks in Bronx Neighborhoods — discrimination in housing, employment, education, public accomodations, and emergency preparedness 

PARP: Investigation of Abuse and Financial Misuse Allegations — SS beneficiaries with representative payees 


PATBI: Systemic Work Impacting People with Traumatic Brain Injuries — mischaracterization and dismissal, lack of information about waivers and options

PAVA: Violation of Title III of the Help America Vote Act — lack of working ballot marking devices, no accessible alternatives 

500

What is the Accessible Icon project?

A 2010 project by art activists to change the symbol of access to a person in motion, propelling themself, giving them more autonomy.