What year was the Americans with Disabilities Act signed?
1990
What president may have suffered from melancholia—today’s form of depression?
Abraham Lincoln
What year was the Americans with Disabilities Act amended?
2008
What famous blind musician signed with Motown Records at the age of 12 and continues to perform today?
Stevie Wonder
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?
Gallaudet University
What famous actor lives with Parkinson’s Disease? Hint: He starred in Back to the Future and Spin City.
Michael J. Fox
This medical practice was used historically and into the late 20th century on people with mental disabilities in institutional care.
Sterilization
What famous actor, director, producer was paralyzed in an accident during an equestrian competition? Hint: He starred in Superman
Christopher Reeve
What IQ test was originally designed to help identify children with learning disabilities, but has often been used to isolate people with disabilities?
Stanford-Binet IQ Test
What famous female actress has a learning disability? Hint: She starred in Ghost, Sister Act, The Color Purple
Whoopi Goldberg