RST 230 ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A. Stigma - ✔✔Undesired differentness which separates the person from others in a
society. A stigma is not merely a difference, but a characteristic that deeply discredits a
person's moral character.
(Goffman, 1963)
✔✔B. Deviancy: defined by social norms - ✔✔A person is considered deviant if he or
she is perceived to be significantly different from others in some important characteristic
and if this difference is negatively valued.
(Wolfensberger, 1972).
✔✔A. Self-fulfilling prophecy - ✔✔A person's expectation for another person's behavior
can become an accurate prediction of the person's behaviors simply because it exists.
The Labeling of person may result in th person's behavior being constant with the label
✔✔internalized oppression - ✔✔• The tendency of minority people to accept negative
stereotyping about themselves is referred to as internalized oppression. Internalized
oppression occurs when an individual comes to accept these stereotypical beliefs as
truths and acts upon them.
✔✔B. Spread phenomenon - ✔✔An association of additional "imperfection" to a person
on the basis of the actual "disabling" condition.
✔✔C. Overexaggeration assumption - ✔✔Overestimating or "overexagerating" of the
extent to which a person's condition affects his or her life.
✔✔Architectural Barriers act of 1968 - ✔✔If you build something with federal fund, must
be accessable
, ✔✔- The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ✔✔cant be discriminated under any program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity
conducted by any Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service.
✔✔- The Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975 - ✔✔School must be
accessible
✔✔Americans with Disabilties Act - ✔✔is a civil rights law that is intended to eliminate
discrimination against people with disabilities by the guarantee of equal opportunities,
full community participation, enhanced independent living, heightened self sufficiency,
and access to every critical area of American life. -Private club or religious organization
does not have to follow. Wont be tax exempt though
All state and local public accommodations and services (either public, private or
commercial) must be accessible to persons with disabilities, and they must be
accessible in the most integrated ways possible.
✔✔ADA Title I - ✔✔Employment
✔✔ADA title IIA - ✔✔Government
✔✔ADA Title IIB - ✔✔Public Transit
✔✔ADA Title III - ✔✔Public Accommodations
✔✔ADA Title IV - ✔✔Telecommunications
✔✔Undue Burden - ✔✔Undue burden is defined as significant difficulty or expense
when considered in light of a variety of factors, including the nature and costs of
auxiliary aid or service and the overall financial and other resources of the business.
✔✔1. Economic burden - ✔✔a. You can claim undue burden if providing
accommodation would result in a significant economic difficulty or expense
✔✔2. Administrative burden - ✔✔a. If there is a Shortage of qualified of personnel
✔✔3. Programmatic burden - ✔✔a. If accommodation would result in a fundamental
change in the nature of the program
✔✔V. Reasonable accommodations - ✔✔1. Modify services (rules policies practices
and procedures)
2. Remove architectural barriers
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A. Stigma - ✔✔Undesired differentness which separates the person from others in a
society. A stigma is not merely a difference, but a characteristic that deeply discredits a
person's moral character.
(Goffman, 1963)
✔✔B. Deviancy: defined by social norms - ✔✔A person is considered deviant if he or
she is perceived to be significantly different from others in some important characteristic
and if this difference is negatively valued.
(Wolfensberger, 1972).
✔✔A. Self-fulfilling prophecy - ✔✔A person's expectation for another person's behavior
can become an accurate prediction of the person's behaviors simply because it exists.
The Labeling of person may result in th person's behavior being constant with the label
✔✔internalized oppression - ✔✔• The tendency of minority people to accept negative
stereotyping about themselves is referred to as internalized oppression. Internalized
oppression occurs when an individual comes to accept these stereotypical beliefs as
truths and acts upon them.
✔✔B. Spread phenomenon - ✔✔An association of additional "imperfection" to a person
on the basis of the actual "disabling" condition.
✔✔C. Overexaggeration assumption - ✔✔Overestimating or "overexagerating" of the
extent to which a person's condition affects his or her life.
✔✔Architectural Barriers act of 1968 - ✔✔If you build something with federal fund, must
be accessable
, ✔✔- The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ✔✔cant be discriminated under any program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity
conducted by any Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service.
✔✔- The Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975 - ✔✔School must be
accessible
✔✔Americans with Disabilties Act - ✔✔is a civil rights law that is intended to eliminate
discrimination against people with disabilities by the guarantee of equal opportunities,
full community participation, enhanced independent living, heightened self sufficiency,
and access to every critical area of American life. -Private club or religious organization
does not have to follow. Wont be tax exempt though
All state and local public accommodations and services (either public, private or
commercial) must be accessible to persons with disabilities, and they must be
accessible in the most integrated ways possible.
✔✔ADA Title I - ✔✔Employment
✔✔ADA title IIA - ✔✔Government
✔✔ADA Title IIB - ✔✔Public Transit
✔✔ADA Title III - ✔✔Public Accommodations
✔✔ADA Title IV - ✔✔Telecommunications
✔✔Undue Burden - ✔✔Undue burden is defined as significant difficulty or expense
when considered in light of a variety of factors, including the nature and costs of
auxiliary aid or service and the overall financial and other resources of the business.
✔✔1. Economic burden - ✔✔a. You can claim undue burden if providing
accommodation would result in a significant economic difficulty or expense
✔✔2. Administrative burden - ✔✔a. If there is a Shortage of qualified of personnel
✔✔3. Programmatic burden - ✔✔a. If accommodation would result in a fundamental
change in the nature of the program
✔✔V. Reasonable accommodations - ✔✔1. Modify services (rules policies practices
and procedures)
2. Remove architectural barriers
