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This UT program was created in Fall 2011 and has trained more than 1,200 people since
What is the disABILITY Advocate Program?
According to the United Nation’s World Health Organization (WHO), over this many people live with some form of disability
Hint: can answer with a number or percentage
What is one billion (or 15% of the total population)?
This disability affects how a person receives and processes information.
What is a learning disability?
This service is part of UT's Division of Diversity and Community Engagement and works to create equal access to academic resources and an inclusive campus environment for people with disabilities.
What is Services for Students with Disabilities?
The United States Federal government passed the Americans With Disabilities Act in this year
What is 1990?
In 2007, [BLANK] percent of transit buses were ramp-equipped.
What is 98%?
This institute was founded in 2010, offers technical assistance and on-person centered practices to help students
What is the Institute for Person-Centered Practices (IPCP)
The Americans With Disabilities Act is a civil rights law that was enacted to prohibit [BLANK] based on disability
What is discrimination?
This language is used when talking about people with disabilities.
Hint: An example is “a man with a disability”, in place of “a disabled man”
What is “person-first language”?
The 4 Es in E4Texas stand for
What is Empower, Employ, Educate, and Excel?
This month holds Disability Awareness Week, which aims to raise awareness of barriers in communities for and to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) states that all children have the right to a “free appropriate public education.” This act mandates the creation of the [BLANK] for children with disabilities.
What is the Individualized Education Program (IEP)?
This student organization is a part of UT’s Services for Students with Disabilities where students raise awareness about equal accessibility on campus.
What is Disability Advocacy Student Coalition?
The [BLANK] is a United Nations’ human rights treaty signed in 2007 that protects the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities
What is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)?
Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Auditory processing disorder, Language processing disorder, Nonverbal learning disabilities, and Visual perceptual/visual motor deficit are considered
What are the 7 main types of Learning Disabilities?