Types of Disabilities
Hearing impaired is another term for this disability.
What is Deaf?
Students who need extra support for education to be accessible to them may have an I.E.P., which stands for this.
What is an Individualized Education Plan?
Ableism ignores or devalues the civil rights of people with _________.
What is disabilities?
Mandy Mouse is a character who loves basketball and happens to use a wheelchair in this popular preschool cartoon.
What is "Peppa Pig"?
Disability is the largest minority in the U.S.
What is true?
One in four has a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
People with this disability may use Braille and voice-activated technologies to communicate.
What is blindness or visual impairment?
This feature isn't just for watching YouTube without the sound on; it makes videos accessible for people who are Deaf.
What is Closed Captioning or Subtitles?
Ableism is a ________ that discriminates against people with any type of mental or physical disability:
a. belief
b. attitude
c. action
d. all of the above
What is d. all of the above?
One of the most memorable roles of Peter Dinklage, who has a disability called dwarfism, is as the children's book author Miles Finch in this Christmas movie.
What is "Elf"?
Getting your friends to laugh by making fun of a person with a disability is okay because it was "just a joke."
What is False?
You may call it a joke, but it's just plain mean.
This is the most common type of disability in the U.S.
What is mobility (difficulty walking)?
Wider doors, ramps into buildings, and elevators provide accessibility for a person using what type of assistive mobility device?
What is a wheelchair?
An example of an ableist action is when someone who is not disabled ________ in a spot designated for vehicles belonging to disabled people.
What is parks?
This fiction book about a boy with severe facial differences attending his local public school was made into a movie starring Jacob Tremblay and Owen Wilson.
What is "Wonder"?
People with disabilities never like being called disabled.
What is False?
Some do and some don't. It'be best to ask -- or better yet, just call them by their name.
Difficulty reading, writing, understanding or retaining information are examples of this type of disability.
The ADA, passed by Congress in 1990, stands for this.
What is the Americans With Disabilities Act?
When someone uses ableist slurs or puts down someone because of disability, we can make a difference by saying ___________.
What is "That's not okay" or "That's not cool"?
Zachary Gottsagen is an actor with Down syndrome who plays a boy who runs away to become a pro wrestler and has new experiences with an outlaw he meets. The name of the movie is ________?
What is Peanut Butter Falcon?
You need to talk slowly and loudly to anyone who appears disabled.
What is False?
Unless you know they are hearing impaired, you can talk to people with disabilities the same way you talk to anyone else.
Diabetes, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Epilepsy are examples of what type of disability?
What is invisible?
Entering alternate text or descriptions for photos make websites and social media accessible for people who have this disability.
What is Blind or Vision Impaired?
Being ___________ is one way to combat ableism. It means not excluding or leaving out people with disabilities simply because they are disabled.
What is Inclusive?
Stephen Hawking, a physicist known for his work on black holes -- and who also was paralyzed and used a computerized voice device -- appeared seven times on this TV comedy?
What is "Big Bang Theory"?
You should always try to help a person with a disability.
What is False?
It's best to ask first rather than assume a person can't do a task.