Famous People
Famous physicist in a wheelchair
Who is Stephen Hawking?
Laws that made it legal to arrest people who had physical disabilities with no real reason
What are the ugly laws?
There are a lot of these ideas about people with disabilities, usually inaccurate and harmful
What are stereotypes?
This region is most accepting to those with disabilities, even if they try to heal them in unusual ways
What is Africa?
A condition, either physical or mental, that substantially hinders one or more major life activity
President who developed polio as an adult
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt?
The law that protects disabled people from discrimination
What is the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
A subtle (sometimes unintentional) act of discrimination that is often faced by people with disabilities
What is a microaggression?
People in these countries would hide their children with disabilities for the sake of avoiding shame on their family?
What are Asian countries?
A disability, often mental or developmental, that isn't clearly noticable
What is an invisible disability?
The disability Frida Kahlo had
What is chronic pain?
Event where over 1,000 people crawled up the stairs of the Capitol to demand the passing of the ADA
What is the Capitol Crawl?
People with disabilities often face barriers in accessing these three things
What are medical care, education, and employment?
What region, other than North America, has some protections for people with disabilities even though they still face mistreatment?
What is Europe?
This way of speaking puts the person before their diagnoses or disability
What is people-first language?
The neanderthal that had multiple injuries leading him to be unable to take care of himself, but still lived to be 30-40
Who is Nandy?
This act guaranteed "free, appropriate, and public" education for children with disabilities, later renamed IDEA
What is the Education for Handicapped Children Act?
Disabled people face these mental health risks at a higher rate than the average person
What is anxiety and depression?
These cultures dismiss mental issues or blame curses
What are Hispanic and Latin cultures?
This controversial symbol originally created for autism awareness
What is the puzzle piece?
She is a disability activist and the creator of the disability flag
Who is Ann Magill?
This president signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law in July 1990
Who is George HW Bush?
This percentage of the population struggles with a disability
What is 16% or 1 in 4 Americans
These cultures took care of their disabled, even if it was an inconvenience
What are Prehistoric humans?
This symbol was developed by a charity in 2016 and is for invisible disability awareness
What is a sunflower?