True or False
According to the ADA, it is optional for employers to provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities.
FALSE. The ADA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees who have disabilities.
How is accessibility defined under the ADA?
Accessibility is when the needs of people with disabilities are specifically considered, and products, services, and facilities are built or modified so that they can be used by people of all abilities.
Which U.S. President had a disability?
What was the first book released at the same time in Braille as it was in print?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The ADA applies only to students in K-12 education.
FALSE. The ADA applies to many levels of education including K-12 education, college, graduate school and/or vocational training. It also applies to licensing tests, standardized tests and more.
How can inclusivity be defined?
Inclusivity is an environment and commitment to support, represent and embrace people of differing abilities visibly and invisibly belong to, are engaged in, and are actively connected to the goals and objectives of the wider society; an environment where all people feel they belong.
Which popular Chicago musical act recently decided to bring American Sign Language interpreters on tour so Deaf and hard of hearing fans could better enjoy the show?
Chance the Rapper
Employers cannot ask medical or disability-related questions on a job application/interview.
TRUE. The exception is that a job can ask an applicant to voluntarily disclosure a disability for affirmative action purposes.
What is Universal Design for learning?
Universal Design for Learning is an inclusive approach to learning that recognizes students' unique strengths, abilities, and learning preferences and guides the design of educational materials, methods, and assessments to meet those diverse learner needs.
Which disability rights advocate co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union?
Helen Keller
Which activist group provided vital support to disability activists during the 504 sit-in protests?
Black Panther Party
Before the ADA was passed, people with disabilities could be barred from public places like trains and restaurants.
TRUE. The ADA says disabled people can’t be discriminated against in employment, transportation, public accommodations and communications access.
What are reasonable accommodations?
Accommodations based on an individuals needs to enable an applicant or employee to participate or perform essential job functions.
Which Deaf/hard of hearing person broke barriers and won two popular reality television show competitions?
Nyle DiMarco, who started his career as a math teacher, won America’s Next Top Model in 2015 and Dancing with the Stars in 2016, breaking barriers in reality television.
Which film featuring characters with disabilities recently became the highest-grossing animated film in North America?
Finding Dory
People can become disabled at any time in their lives.
TRUE. People can be born with a disability or the disability may come after birth, the result of illness, age or an accident. Statistics show that during their lifetime, 50% of people will experience a disability.
How is Equity related to the ADA?
Equity is the fair and just treatment of all members of a community. Equity requires commitment to strategic priorities, resources, respect, and civility, as well as ongoing action and assessment of progress toward achieving specified goals.
What do football player Derrick Coleman, hockey player James Kyte, basketball player Lance Allred and baseball player Edward Dundon have in common?
They were the first legally deaf players in their field.
Which of the following sign languages is most closely related to American Sign Language (ASL)?
French Sign Language