DISABILITY BASICS
This is the federal law that prohibits discrimination based on disability in employment, public services, and more.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
When speaking to a person using a wheelchair, you should do this to be respectful.
What is sit or kneel to be at eye level?
A disability that affects how a person moves or coordinates their body.
What is a physical disability?
The blue and white symbol showing a person in a wheelchair is known as this.
What is the International Symbol of Access?
An employer must provide this to enable a qualified employee with a disability to perform their job duties.
What is a reasonable accommodation?
Instead of saying “handicapped,” this term is preferred when referring to someone with a disability.
What is “person with a disability”?
If you’re not sure how to assist someone with a disability, the best thing to do is this.
What is ask before helping?
Dyslexia is a type of this category of disability.
What is a learning disability?
Captioning and transcripts make content accessible to this group.
Who are people who are Deaf or hard of hearing?
This person in an organization often helps ensure accessibility and ADA compliance.
Who is the HR or ADA Coordinator?
This term refers to the design of environments so that they can be accessed and used by everyone, regardless of ability.
What is Universal Design?
When communicating with someone who is Deaf and using an interpreter, you should look at this person.
What is the Deaf person (not the interpreter)?
This category includes conditions like depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
What is a mental health disability?
Screen readers are used primarily by people with this type of disability.
What is blindness or low vision?
Flexible schedules, assistive technology, and remote work are examples of these.
What are reasonable accommodations?
The ADA was signed into law in this year.
What is 1990?
This term refers to putting the person before their disability when speaking.
What is person-first language?
This invisible disability affects how people perceive and interact with the world.
What is autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder)?
This document format (when tagged properly) is more accessible than a scanned image file.
What is an accessible PDF?
Employers are not allowed to ask this type of question during an interview.
What is a question about someone’s disability or health condition?
The percentage of people with disabilities who have non-visible (invisible) disabilities.
What is about 70–80%?
This is an example of an identity-first language preference.
What is “Autistic person” or “Deaf person”?
Multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson’s disease are examples of this type of disability.
What is a neurological disability?
This kind of ramp or lift allows people with mobility devices to access stages or elevated areas.
What is an accessibility ramp or platform lift?
Hiring people with disabilities often leads to this positive outcome for workplace culture.
What is increased diversity, innovation, and inclusion?