EEX2000 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
Elizabethan Poor Laws (1600s) - Answers - Recognized that there were people that
need support throughout their lives, referred to as "impotent poor," and gave them some
support
Almshouses (1824) - Answers - Recognized the presence of people that would need
some support and gave them a place to go and clothes, but it was set up more as a way
to get them out of sight
Dorthea Dix - Answers - 1845 - Worked to establish separate facilities for people with
mental disabilities and mental illness
The Jukes - Answers - A Study in Crime, Pauperism, Disease and Heredity. Claimed
that all of these "social ills" were caused by heredity by following a millionaire and the
children he had with his well-bred wife and his ill-bred mistress
Eugenics - Answers - The study or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of
the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging
reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable,
undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons
presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics). Termed in 1883 by Sir
Francis Galton
Buck v. Bell - Answers - Ruled that people could be sterilized against their will if they
were idiots
Dr. Harry Sharp and the Indiana Reform School - Answers - Involuntary vasectomies
performed on residents led to legislation legalizing forced sterilization
Compulsory Sterilization Law - Answers - Indiana law passed in 1907 that targeted
criminals and "feeble-minded" and began a move toward forced sterilization laws in
many states
Themes throughout history - Answers - Fear/rejection of unknown/difference
Assumption of failure (aesthetic, moral, economic)
Assumption that difference should be eliminated/fixed
Segregation of individuals w/ differences
Disability is grouped w/ poverty/crime
Judgments made based upon normal standards
World Health Organization Definition of Disability - Answers - Disability is an umbrella
term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions.
An impairment is a problem in body function or structure
, An activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or
action
A participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life
situations
Americans with Disabilities Act Definition of Disability - Answers - A person with a
disability has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major
life activities; has a record of such an impairment; or is regarded as having such an
impairment
Models for Defining Disability - Answers - Moral
Medical
Social
Moral Model - Answers - Religious reasons for a person having disability
A punishment or judgment for a person (possibly parents or person themselves)
Medical Model - Answers - What condition does this person have that did to be fixed?
Looks at individual, makes a diagnosis, and provides a solution.
Social Model - Answers - Don't fit in with the standard set forward by society
Change the environment to accommodate the disabled
What does the teacher need to do to better instruct all the students?
Overarching Issues - Answers - Access - physical access to places, access to certain
opportunities, sensory accessibility
Communication - either being able to talk or having the ability to translate
thoughts/language into the other
Discrimination
Guidelines for Special Education Decision Making - Answers - 1. Recognize that
diagnosis is important (gives the structure the student needs)
2. Consider family capacity and desires (teach what they are not learning at home)
3. Involve students in education decisions when appropriate (builds self-determination
and helps them better deal with their disabilities)
4. Encourage students to develop and use skills and modes of expression that are most
effective for them
5. Keep integration into the general education environment the priority (Improves
student's academic achievement and plays a central role in the integration of disabled
people into society)
6. Promote high standards
7. Employ concepts of universal design (Originally related to architecture, but could
mean providing utilities for students in school to learn better)
Physical/Health Types - Answers - Sensory (Vision, hearing)
Orthopedic (Muscles, joints, bones)
Elizabethan Poor Laws (1600s) - Answers - Recognized that there were people that
need support throughout their lives, referred to as "impotent poor," and gave them some
support
Almshouses (1824) - Answers - Recognized the presence of people that would need
some support and gave them a place to go and clothes, but it was set up more as a way
to get them out of sight
Dorthea Dix - Answers - 1845 - Worked to establish separate facilities for people with
mental disabilities and mental illness
The Jukes - Answers - A Study in Crime, Pauperism, Disease and Heredity. Claimed
that all of these "social ills" were caused by heredity by following a millionaire and the
children he had with his well-bred wife and his ill-bred mistress
Eugenics - Answers - The study or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of
the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging
reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable,
undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons
presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics). Termed in 1883 by Sir
Francis Galton
Buck v. Bell - Answers - Ruled that people could be sterilized against their will if they
were idiots
Dr. Harry Sharp and the Indiana Reform School - Answers - Involuntary vasectomies
performed on residents led to legislation legalizing forced sterilization
Compulsory Sterilization Law - Answers - Indiana law passed in 1907 that targeted
criminals and "feeble-minded" and began a move toward forced sterilization laws in
many states
Themes throughout history - Answers - Fear/rejection of unknown/difference
Assumption of failure (aesthetic, moral, economic)
Assumption that difference should be eliminated/fixed
Segregation of individuals w/ differences
Disability is grouped w/ poverty/crime
Judgments made based upon normal standards
World Health Organization Definition of Disability - Answers - Disability is an umbrella
term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions.
An impairment is a problem in body function or structure
, An activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or
action
A participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life
situations
Americans with Disabilities Act Definition of Disability - Answers - A person with a
disability has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major
life activities; has a record of such an impairment; or is regarded as having such an
impairment
Models for Defining Disability - Answers - Moral
Medical
Social
Moral Model - Answers - Religious reasons for a person having disability
A punishment or judgment for a person (possibly parents or person themselves)
Medical Model - Answers - What condition does this person have that did to be fixed?
Looks at individual, makes a diagnosis, and provides a solution.
Social Model - Answers - Don't fit in with the standard set forward by society
Change the environment to accommodate the disabled
What does the teacher need to do to better instruct all the students?
Overarching Issues - Answers - Access - physical access to places, access to certain
opportunities, sensory accessibility
Communication - either being able to talk or having the ability to translate
thoughts/language into the other
Discrimination
Guidelines for Special Education Decision Making - Answers - 1. Recognize that
diagnosis is important (gives the structure the student needs)
2. Consider family capacity and desires (teach what they are not learning at home)
3. Involve students in education decisions when appropriate (builds self-determination
and helps them better deal with their disabilities)
4. Encourage students to develop and use skills and modes of expression that are most
effective for them
5. Keep integration into the general education environment the priority (Improves
student's academic achievement and plays a central role in the integration of disabled
people into society)
6. Promote high standards
7. Employ concepts of universal design (Originally related to architecture, but could
mean providing utilities for students in school to learn better)
Physical/Health Types - Answers - Sensory (Vision, hearing)
Orthopedic (Muscles, joints, bones)
