Accessibility
What is the name or acronym of the system for measuring community receptivity to disability?
How can someone with a disability pursue physical activity?
adaptive sports, utilizing adaptive sports equipment or gear
Who determines a person's quality of life?
Themselves
If a person does not seem to have a disability or impairment, it can be assumed they do not have one. True or False?
False. Just because someone does not appear to have a disability or impairment does not mean they do not.
What St. Louis organization provides assistance to individuals and families of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities?
St. Louis Arc
What is a simple way educators can accommodate students with visual impairments?
Providing course materials with enlarged text or making materials available for students to adjust to their specific needs.
What could someone with a mobility impairment install to make it easier to bathe or shower in their home?
Some possible answers: grab bars, shower seat, tub transfer bench, sponge bath mat, accessible tub, wall-mounted soap dispensers
Driving and transportation are important components of many people's quality of life. What accommodations might be helpful for people with disabilities that prevent them from driving?
Some possible answers: call a ride, volunteer drivers, rebate funding for Uber or other driving services, strong public transportation networks
What is the leading cause of disability worldwide and has a large impact of the burden of disease?
Depression
What style of design not only accommodates accessibility but makes it an integral part of architecture, site planning, and landscaping?
Universal Design
Name either one type of location or service that is covered by the ADA, or one that is not.
Some locations covered by the ADA: places of employment; state and local government services; public accommodations; telecommunications
Some locations not covered by the ADA: personal residences; small businesses/places that would experience undue hardship in becoming ADA compliant
What were some of the goals the Wellness Center at Paraquad sought to help members achieve?
What are the social determinants of health?
disability, economic status, zip code, gender, age
What are some arguments in favor and opposed to person-first language?
In favor: focuses on the person outside of their disability
In opposition: is not conducive to normalization of disability
What did the EDF Diversité advertisement want us to understand about ableism and disability?
Our world and societies were built around able-bodied people and they construct disability
Name at least one accessible feature a doctor's office should have to provide sufficient care.
some possible answers: adjustable examination tables; forms with enlarged lettering; adequate transfer boards; accessible bathrooms, rooms, and office space; accessible scales; accessible radiographic, ophthalmologic, or other diagnostic equipment
What is an important consideration that should be made for people with difficulty exerting forcer with their hands?
Installing handles and dials, and choosing accessible features in general, that require low physical effort to operate.
What external factors might influence a person's quality of life?
Access to resources, environment, social influence (how they are treated, how people expect them to feel)
What is one of the ways we can influence public perception of disability and enact social change?
Some options: increase representation in media; generate publicity and dialogue; educate doctors; utilize the ADA and civil rights; self-advocacy
During John and Cindy's visit, what was one way Cindy found that their friends and community best supported them after John's stroke?
Some possible answers: offered to help with specific things rather than saying "let me know if you need anything", signed up for shifts on a schedule to help with chores and childcare, continued to provide friendship as usual
Aside from accommodations to ensure access and activity, what element of accessibility is essential to ensure a person with a disability can perform as an equal in the workspace?
Participation - a person with a disability should be able to participate fully in all functions associated with their career including social activities.
Does independent living look the same for all people with disabilities? If not, how so?
No, what one person considers independent living may differ from someone else's definition. The independent living movement encourages and works to provide resources for people to achieve realistic and ideal independent lives - from living on their own at home and possibly receiving assistance from hired helpers, to needing more physical care but making one's own choices.
What response shifting approaches may be part of viewing one's quality of life in a better light following a change in personal ability.
Recalibration - changing one's expectations (accepting new ability level and standards); Reprioritization - changing one's values; Reconceptualization - changing one's definition of health and quality of life; making life accommodations (adapting to new ability level)
How does the medical model of disability negatively view disability?
Considers people with disabilities to be lesser or in need of help/fixing; forces disabled people into a sick role; believes that all disability should be healed or else is a failed case; frames the person with a disability as the things that needs to be fixed, rather than just their condition
In her TED Talk, Aimee Mullins discussed a study where students were taught as though their grade average was the opposite of what it usually was (ex. D students were treated like A students). The students began performing according to the way they were treated. How did Aimee extrapolate this to how people with disabilities should be treated?
Aimee concluded that how children are treated has a large impact on how they see themselves. So she argued children with disabilities should be treated with equality and support so that they can grow up to view their disability in a positive light.