This US law prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.
As of 2023, what percentage of MTA Stations are accessible?
27-%30%
What color is Heumann wearing in her Ted Talk?
(DONT LOOK)
Red, Rot, Rojo, etc
Name 2 examples of assistive technology.
Possible answers: hearing aids, wheelchairs, braille devices
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
What percentage of the human population is disabled?
15%
How many people does it take to stop traffic on Madison Avenue during rush hour in NYC, according to Heumann?
50
How many SDGs make a reference to disability?
This international treaty, adopted in 2006, protects the rights of people with disabilities.
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The estimated amount of people who will need assistive technology by 2050.
3.5 billion
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."
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.
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
What percentage of the world's population lives in an urban environment?
55%
What are the differences between disability and impairment?
Impairment: individual, private, physical limitation
Disability: structural, public, social exclusion
This program from the New York Transit Museum that builds on a shared interest in trains among students on the autism spectrum.
Subway Sleuths
This 1980 act upholds the civil rights and addresses the mental health and disability needs of those in custody.
Percentage of persons with disabilities living in developing countries.
80%
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
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.