Disability Awareness Trivia

True or False

100

People with disabilities always need help to accomplish every day activities.

False

200

Most disabilities are not easily visible.

True

300

Based on the 2022 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, 30% of disabled people in the workforce.

False, 21%

400

The Incredibles featured characters with disabilities became highest-grossing animated film in North America in 2016. 

False, Finding Dory 

500

Divergent was the first book released at the same time in Braille as it was in print.

False, Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince 

Disability Definitions

100

What is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome?

Anxiety 

200

What mental disability cause recurrent and persistent thought and feelings and repetitive and ritualized behaviors and causes anxiety for the people who have it?

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

300

What is a disbility where a person struggles with one or more different types of mental tasks such as reading, paying attention, or remembering things?

Cognitive Disability

400

What is a developmental disability that affects verbal and non-verbal communication and social interactions and that generally appears before age three?

Autism

500

What is a condition that affects how your brain processes sensory information (stimuli)?

Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

Abbreviations

100

ADD/ADHD

Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

200

ASL

American Sign Language 

300

HI

Hearing Impaired

400

ASD

Autism Spectrum Disorder

500

ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Famous People with Disabilities

100

Which famous actor who starred in moved like Mission Impossible and War of the Worlds has Dyslexia?

Tom Cruise

200

Which famous composer became deaf and yet wrote some of the most famous music of all times?

Beethoven

300

Which famous actor who starred in Shutter Island and Romeo+Juliet, also has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

Leonardo DiCaprio

400

Which US President was disabled following childhood Polio ?

Franklin D. Roosevelt 

500

Which women's soccer star, who holds the record for scoring the most international goals, also had a club foot and had to wear casts as a child to fix it?

Mia Hamm

U.S. Disability History

100

Under which president was the Social Security Act passed?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

200

Which 1990 act provided comprehensive civil rights protection for people with disabilities?

The Americans with Disabilities Act

300

What is the name of the U.S. university for students who are deaf or hard of hearing?

Gallaudet University

400

How many people in the U.S. live with a disability?

 57 Million

500

Which condition wasn't recognized as a disability until 1990?

Autism