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1. Developmental Disability Person has significant limitation in cognitive func-
tioning and adaptive functioning and those limita-
tions
A. originated before the person reached 18 years
of age
B. are likely to be life-long in nature
C. affects areas of major life activity, such as per-
sonal care, language skills, learning abilities, the
capacity to live independently as an adult
(under Services and supports to Promote the So-
cial Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Dis-
abilities Act, 2008)
2. Percentage of population with a 2%
developmental disabilities is nearly
________in majority of western coun-
tries
3. percentage of people with a develop- 1.4%
mental disabilities all over the world is
nearly ______
4. approximately _______of all congen- 50%
ital anomalies cannot be linked to genetics
a specific cause however there are environmental
some known risk factors which in-
clude __________and __________contam-
inants
5. Incidence of Down Syndrome 1.3/1000
6. incidence of Klinefelter syndrome 0.8/1000
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7. Incidence of Fragile X 0.6/1000
8. Incidence of Neurofibromatosis 0.33/1000
9. Incidence of Hypothyroidism congen- 0.25/1000
ital
10. Incidence of Williams Syndrome 0.1/1000
11. Incidence of Phenylketonuria 0.067/1000
12. Incidence of Prader-Willi Syndrome 0.67/1000
13. Rights developmental disability
As Canadians we are all entitled to
a number of rights. These rights
also extend to individuals with a
________________
14. 4 rights 1. Freedom from discrimination
2. Accessibility to supports and services
3. Financial supports
4. housing and social inclusion
15. The Canadian Charter and Rights and committed to ensuring equality and freedom from
Freedoms discrimination
Section 15 states:
(1) Every individual is equal before and under the
law and has the right to equal protection and equal
benefit of the law without discrimination and in
particular, without discrimination based on race,
national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age,
mental or physical disability.
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16. The Canadian Human Rights Act Prevents employers and service providers from
discrimination due to:
Physical or mental disability, race, colour, country
or place of origin, religion, age, sex, marital sta-
tus, family status, sexual orientation and pardoned
criminal acts.
17. Ontario Human Rights Code grants each person in Ontario the right to be free
from discrimination regardless of their disability
(mental health disability, developmental disability
or learning disability)
Under this act it is against the law to refuse to hire
a qualified person because they have a disability,
operate a public business that is not accessible to a
person with a disability, refuse to provide reason-
able support or accommodation to an individual
with a disability, refuse to rent an apartment to a
person with a disability, for co-workers to tease
or insult a person because of their disability or to
punish a person because they have exerted their
human rights.
Lets examine the case studies on page 70.
18. Accessibility for Ontario with Disabili- The AODA requires that both public and pri-
ties Act vate businesses make their organizations accessi-
ble and make accommodations for individuals with
disabilities.
It covers customer service (respect for indepen-
dence & dignity, accessibility to goods and ser-
vices, accommodation for service animals, train-
ing of employees), communications, employment,
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