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100

What are some things you should probably do when you start a new job? 

Figure out what accommodations you might need, communicate with your boss and coworkers about what's going well, what's not going well, etc. 

100

True or false? 

An employer cannot refuse to hire you because your disability prevents you from performing duties that are not essential to the job.

True. 

100

An employer says you're not allowed to have anyone else come to the interview with you - including an interpreter. Fair or unfair?

Unfair. 

100

What's my favorite holiday? 

Halloween

200

In 2023, the minimum wage is...

A) 7.50

B) 8.00

C) 10.50

C) 10.50

200

True or False? Legal protections don't cover: training, recruiting, and firing. 

False. Those are all covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 

The ADA makes it unlawful to discriminate in all employment

  • practices such as:
  • recruitment
  • firing
  • hiring
  • training
  • job assignments
  • promotions
  • pay
  • benefits
  • lay off
  • leave
  • all other employment related activities.
200

An announcement was made on the speakers that you did not hear. Your boss, who has not allowed for reasonable accommodations, is upset that you missed the information. Fair or unfair? 

Unfair. 

200

How many days are left until Christmas?

A) 32 days

B) 25 days

C) 22 days

B - 25 days

300

The law that gives you legal protections as a person with a disability is...

The ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act

300

Is it legal to fire someone if they are performing poorly at their job (showing up late, forgetting important meetings), but they have a disability? 

Yes. It's legal if the reason for firing is not connected to the person having a disability. 

300

Is it fair for your boss to require a medical exam or ask questions about a disability after you've been hired? 

No, that is unfair. Once you have been hired and started work, your employer cannot require that you take a medical examination or ask questions about your disability unless they are related to your job and necessary for the conduct of your employer's business.  

300

What class do you have the highest grade in right now and what class do you have the lowest grade in right now?

Highest - Vocational Readiness (92), Lowest - Conceptual Physics (68)

400

What are some reasonable workplace accommodations? 

  • providing or modifying equipment or devices,
  • job restructuring,
  • part-time or modified work schedules,
  • reassignment to a vacant position,
  • adjusting or modifying examinations, training materials, or policies,
  • providing readers and interpreters, and
  • making the workplace readily accessible to and usable by people with disabilities.
400

An employer can refuse to hire you because your disability prevents you from performing essential job duties. 

True. "If you have a disability, you must also be qualified to perform the essential functions or duties of a job, with or without reasonable accommodation, in order to be protected from job discrimination by the ADA "

400

What should you do if you think you are being unfairly discriminated against at work? 

Contact someone "higher up". That can include: filing a complaint with the ADA, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, speaking with a trusted adult knowledgeable about deaf adults in the workplace, etc.

What is most important is to do something and tell someone.

400

True or False?

Native Americans used a sign language to communicate as early as 1541.

True! As early as 1541 at first contact by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, there were reports that the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains widely spoke a sign language to communicate