CHLH 330 Exam 1 questions with
verified solutions
What percentage of the world is disabled? - correct answer ✔✔17%
What percentage of Americans are disabled? - correct answer ✔✔19%
What percentage of school aged children are disabled? - correct answer ✔✔5.2%
What were the specific goals and demands of the Disability Rights Movement? - correct answer ✔✔1.
Accessibility and safety in transportation, architecture, and physical environment
2. Equal opportunities in ind. living, employment, edu, and housing
3. Freedom from abuse, neglect, and violations of patient's rights
4. Effective civil rights legislation is sought in order to secure these opportunities and rights
What percentage of ind. ages 31-64 account for nursing home residents? - correct answer ✔✔14%, up
from 10% in 2000
What does Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 say? - correct answer ✔✔No handicapped ind.
in the US will be discriminated against under any program or activity receiving federal financial
assistance; applies to public school districts, public/private colleges/universities, health and social
services/programs, public housing authorities, transportation services
What does Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 say? - correct answer ✔✔Mandates equal
access to electronic office equipment for all federal employees; defines Rehabilitation Technology
What is the Cost of Care? How does at home care compare to nursing home care? - correct answer
✔✔Attendent/home-based care is 1/3 the cost of nursing home care; at home care has more upfront
costs but is less expensive in the long run; institutionalization- $57,000 vs. $26,000 ind. comm. based
living
, What was the Supreme Court Case Olmsted v. L.C.? - correct answer ✔✔1999 case that considered
segregating disabled people to nursing homes/institutions, people are required to be given the option-
still not well enforced
Explain the funding for nursing homes versus community care. - correct answer ✔✔States are required
to pay for nursing home coverage but don't have to pay for in-home assistance
What does ICF focus on? - correct answer ✔✔Use of "person first" terminology and pos. language;
emphasizes function rather than condition or disease
What are some negative experiences persons with disabilities experience when associated with minority
status? - correct answer ✔✔- economic deprivation
- denied self-representation in communication
- denied access to preferred way of life
- educational barriers
- marginalization and discrimination
Define Self-Determination. - correct answer ✔✔Doesn't have to mean total independence, but just a
person having control
Name the 2 Founding Fathers with Disabilities. - correct answer ✔✔1. Gouverneur Morris- lower
extremity amputation
2. Stephen Hopkins- CP
Who demanded reforms for the institutions that confined people with disabilities, which included
terrible living conditions? - correct answer ✔✔Dorothea Dix- attempted to get federal support by
President Franklin Pierce vetoed
What was Title III? - correct answer ✔✔Public Accommodations which included restaurants, hotels,
theaters, private schools, homeless shelters- must comply with requirements that prohibit exclusion,
segregation, and unequal treatment
verified solutions
What percentage of the world is disabled? - correct answer ✔✔17%
What percentage of Americans are disabled? - correct answer ✔✔19%
What percentage of school aged children are disabled? - correct answer ✔✔5.2%
What were the specific goals and demands of the Disability Rights Movement? - correct answer ✔✔1.
Accessibility and safety in transportation, architecture, and physical environment
2. Equal opportunities in ind. living, employment, edu, and housing
3. Freedom from abuse, neglect, and violations of patient's rights
4. Effective civil rights legislation is sought in order to secure these opportunities and rights
What percentage of ind. ages 31-64 account for nursing home residents? - correct answer ✔✔14%, up
from 10% in 2000
What does Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 say? - correct answer ✔✔No handicapped ind.
in the US will be discriminated against under any program or activity receiving federal financial
assistance; applies to public school districts, public/private colleges/universities, health and social
services/programs, public housing authorities, transportation services
What does Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 say? - correct answer ✔✔Mandates equal
access to electronic office equipment for all federal employees; defines Rehabilitation Technology
What is the Cost of Care? How does at home care compare to nursing home care? - correct answer
✔✔Attendent/home-based care is 1/3 the cost of nursing home care; at home care has more upfront
costs but is less expensive in the long run; institutionalization- $57,000 vs. $26,000 ind. comm. based
living
, What was the Supreme Court Case Olmsted v. L.C.? - correct answer ✔✔1999 case that considered
segregating disabled people to nursing homes/institutions, people are required to be given the option-
still not well enforced
Explain the funding for nursing homes versus community care. - correct answer ✔✔States are required
to pay for nursing home coverage but don't have to pay for in-home assistance
What does ICF focus on? - correct answer ✔✔Use of "person first" terminology and pos. language;
emphasizes function rather than condition or disease
What are some negative experiences persons with disabilities experience when associated with minority
status? - correct answer ✔✔- economic deprivation
- denied self-representation in communication
- denied access to preferred way of life
- educational barriers
- marginalization and discrimination
Define Self-Determination. - correct answer ✔✔Doesn't have to mean total independence, but just a
person having control
Name the 2 Founding Fathers with Disabilities. - correct answer ✔✔1. Gouverneur Morris- lower
extremity amputation
2. Stephen Hopkins- CP
Who demanded reforms for the institutions that confined people with disabilities, which included
terrible living conditions? - correct answer ✔✔Dorothea Dix- attempted to get federal support by
President Franklin Pierce vetoed
What was Title III? - correct answer ✔✔Public Accommodations which included restaurants, hotels,
theaters, private schools, homeless shelters- must comply with requirements that prohibit exclusion,
segregation, and unequal treatment
