Living Conditions
What happened to disabled people who were not welcome in their town?
A. They were warned out of town
B. they were sent to prison
C. they were ignored
A, Warning out was a common practice which informed an unwanted newcomer that they were not welcome in their town. (basically just harassment)
Has the amount of people with intellectual disabilities increased since the 1930's.
Yes, the percentage of kids in the U.S. with intellectual disabilities has increased about 2-3% every two years since 1931. With more noticeable increases in ADHD and ADD
How many mental health hospitals are there in the us currently
A. 800 more than in 1930-1950
B. 300 less than in 1930-1950
B. In the 1950s and 60s because the look on mental hospitals was bad, they had little funding from charity and the public therefore the government had to discontinue many hospitals.
What was the most popular cure for mental illness in the 1900
A. lobotomy
B. shock therapy
C. rest
A, Lobotomies became extremely popular due to the fact that they were easy and fast to do. This was extremely beneficial in overcrowded mental hospitals where there was little time and space.
What is a lobotomy?
A. keeping a patient in a dark room to reset their brain
B. exposing a patient to radiation to alter brainwaves
C. cutting connections between prefrontal cortex and frontal lobes of the brain
C, lobotomies were extremely helpful in busy environments back then but now they are even illegal in some places and rarely performed in places where they are legal
The mental facilities were often…
A. Understaffed and overcrowded
B. Inexpensive
C. Luxurious
A, The quality of the facilities often went downhill once public demand started to increase and funding started decreasing. This caused the facilities to be overcrowded and understaffed.
What percent of homeless people are mentally disabled?
A. 60%
B. 10%
C. 30%
C, lack of money can cause more people without money or that have very little to not be able to afford education and help for disabilities
What is the fair housing act
A. It allows people with disabilities to go around the landlord's rules for his property. For example no pets allowed but they need a service dog
B. provided houses for people with registered disabilities that had more adaptations for the same cost as normal housing
B, The fair housing act was amended in 1988 as a way to help people with intellectual and physical disabilities have more freedom when buying properties and not have the landlord be the problem
How were the hospitals funded
A. Taxes
B. Charity funding
B. Public funding
A, In the 1930's mental hospitals were purely funded by taxes and extremely little bit from the public but now mental hospitals are very split between taxes, charity funding, and public funding
There is a cure for intellectual disabilities now
A. True
B. False
B, As of now, there are no cures for intellectual disabilities. However, children can still learn to do many things but at a different pace.
A facility people could be sent to if they could not support themselves financially was called a…
Prison
Poorhouse
Shack
B, Poorhouses were homes where the poor were put to work in exchange for food and shelter. The poor were provided hardly any food and were put into unsanitary and crowded places
Are intellectual disabilities more common in low income countries than other countries
Yes, disabilities are more common in low income areas than high income areas due to poverty, exclusion from education and employment, and poor living conditions
How many mental health hospitals are there in the us currently
A. 820
B. 1023
C. 10,086
A, there are currently 820 mental hospitals in the U.S. currently with Mclean hospital being ranked number 1
What did common folk think about mentally insane people?
A. fearful
B. guilty
C. cautious
A, people were afraid of the mentally ill as they thought the condition were contagious
Around 1910, intuitions became…
A. medically oriented
B. illegal
A, they were allways legal but but before the hospitals were more like a prison than an actual hospital that helped people
Dorothea Dix after visiting all sorts of mental facilities saw…
A. Patients fighting to the death
B. Patients bound with chains and rope
C. A very clean environment with quality care.
B, Dorothea felt that the patients were destitute of appropriate care and protection and that they were subject to the vilest and most
What is the average IQ range of someone with a moderate level of intellectual disability
A. 35-49
B. 63-71
C. 25-33
A, people in the moderate level of intellectual disabilities show noticeable delays in development in speech and motor. This level takes up the largest percent of people with intellectual disabilities
The ADA requires ramps to:
A. Be at a pitch of 1:16
B. Always be next to stairs
C. Be at a pitch of 1:12
C, The ADA was passed by president George H.W. Bush in 1990 and was revised in 2010. It “sets the minimum standards of accessibility for alterations and new construction of commercial facilities and privately owned public accommodations.”
How was mental illness thought to be spread?
A. Disruption with the brain
B. Through the air
C. Not being christian
A, mental illnesses were thought to be transmitted through long term social interactions not short term interactions. Many doctors and scientists in 1920-30's really thought that this was true untill proven wrong later
What did Edouard Seguin believe could cure mental deficiency?
A. Through a lobotomy
B. A brain transplant
C. Through a process of motor and sensory training.
C, Edouard believed that mental deficiency was caused by a weakness of the nervous system.
Why did Abdenberg, a training school for people with hypothyroidism, close?
A. Because they failed to cure hypothyroidism
B. Because the school burnt down
C. Because visitors of Abdenberg discovered neglect and abuse.
C, The reason for the failure of Abdenberg was that the patients were abused and neglected. Although the school closed down, it influenced other training schools for children with disabilities.
What percentage of all cases of intellectual disabilities are severe. Out of the three levels: mid, moderate, severe
A.10-15%
B. 3-5%
C. 5-10%
B, 3-5 percent of all intellectual cases are severe level these children have difficulty with motor development and communication. This level of intellectual disability is pretty rare and if someone has this level of intellectual disability they go to special schooling
Now that laws have been made to make things more accessible to disabled people, what has been listed here that is not a current law?
A. Public transportation authorities may not discriminate against people with disabilities in the provision of their services.
B. Owners of housing facilities must make reasonable exceptions in their policies and operations for people with disabilities.
C. Houses must have handrails by stairs to accommodate people with disabilities.
C, handrails are not required in houses and public buildings
Americans thoughts on the facilities 1900’s
A. fun family experience
B. hell house
C. did not know they existed
A, Due to propaganda from the government in the form of advertisements and officials the public thought that mental facilities were fun light hearted and not extreme where as they were overcrowded, unsanitary, and unsafe
What was Guggenbühl’s theory on how to cure cretinism?
A. That higher altitudes helped the brain grow
B. That cretinisms could be cured through proper health programming and training
C. He believed there was no cure
A, Guggenbühl actually believed that higher altitudes could cure cretinism so he had his school built 4000 feet above sea level.