Disability Advocates
This person was a prolific author and activist who became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Helen Keller -- Alongside writing 14 books and many speeches, she was a founding member of the ACLU, and campaigned for those with disabilities and for women's suffrage, labor rights (as a socialist), and world peace.
This term describes a way of writing that seeks to be as clear and concise as possible while maintianing meaning and avoiding technical jargon.
Plain Language - Can be helpful for people of any age, new language learners, and those with intellectual disabilities.
Is it true that there is a 100% scientific consensus that Tylenol causes Autism?
Guys if you believed this, why are you here? Answer = NO
The landmark ledgistlation passed in the US in 1990 thanks to the work of the disability rights movement and prohibits descrimination based on disability. It also requires covered employers provide reasonable accomodations.
Americans with Disabilities Act – this act was the most expansive piece of civil rights legislation passed in the US since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It prohibits descrimination by employers and by local and state governments, introduces the right to accomodations.
Where is Accessibility Services located on campus?
The basement of North College
This person is is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community that fosters and amplifies disability media and culture.
Alice Wong was the first person to visit the White House in 2020 via robot (online) presence.
What is the feature of universal design that provides access for wheelchairs, strollers, etc. from the sidewalk to the street?
Curb cuts
Is it true that if someone has dyslexia they see letters move or flipped around?
No, though dyslexia can look like seeing letters flipped or moved it isn't exclusively that. Dyslexia is a processing disorder of language so it can affect the visual processing of language or processing later in the processing stage.
This act ensures that disabled children receive a free appropriate public education. This act is responsible for IEP plans, but not 504 plans
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
What is the club with a neurotransmitter in it's name that was newly founded to create community among students with ADHD?
Dose of Dopamine
This woman was a black trans woman who was a community organizer for disability and trans rights. She is known as "the Mother of the Disability Rights Movement".
Judith “Judy” Heumann
These small surgically implanted neuroprosthesis can provide a sense of sound to people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
Cochlear implants
Which of the following terms is most respectful?
A. “The disabled”
B. “Handicapped person”
C. “Person with a disability”
D. “Special needs individual”
C. “Person with a disability”
The first Center for Independent Living in the US was founded in the 70s as part of the burgoning Independent Living Movement. What city was it founded in?
a. Cincinnati, Ohio;
b. Chicago, Illinois;
c. Berkley, California
c. Berkley, California
Centers for Independent Living utilizes the community living model to focus on the individual with a disability as the solution and not the problem.
Once registered with this service, who can you call on campus to get a ride to class if you are unable to get there on your own?
MedRide is a service at Wesleyan that takes registered disabled students where they need to go, sick students to Davison, and students to physical therapy or doctor's appointments within a certain mile radius.
This group is a disability justice-based movement building and performance project that centers and is led by disabled People of Color and queer and trans people.
Sins Invalid
This is a set of strategies and tools used by individuals with complex communication disorders to express thoughts, needs, and feelings when verbal speech is difficult. It can range from a variety of low-tech to high-tech options.
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
Do you need a legal diagnosis to obtain accomodations on campus?
In most cases, no. You do need a legal diagnosis to have an emotional support animal.
Founded very close to us in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817, this school was the first school for a disabled student population in the western hemisphere
The American School for the Deaf
Who do you need to contact in order to obtain dining accommodations?
Michelle Myers-Brown
This woman was a lesbian disability rights activist known for helping to organize the 504 sit ins. She had muscular dystrophy and worked for the center of independent living helping install curb cuts and ramps. She also believed in intersectional advocacy and was a member of the NAACP. She organized disabled people's civil rights day
Kitty Cone
What is ther service that all people have free access to? This library made for students with "print disabilities" is through the federal government. Wesleyan can streamline your process of accessing this site.
BookShare
True/false, A person does not need to prove their dog is a registered service dog to take them in areas that are not pet friendly
True! Someone does not need to prove their dog is a service do to anyone and there is no official service dog registry
This was a 26 day sit in to protest lack of government enforcement of existing disability rights legislation that happened in San Francisco.
504 Sit-ins
Over 120 people occupied the health, education, and welfare building. They were denied food, medicine, and water and the phone lines were cut. Hard of hearing protesters used ASL to communicate to people outside through the windows.
What is the accomodation (hidden within the Davidson Health Center website) that allows students to park in any space (besides handicap spot) on campus?
All-lot parking pass