QUESTIONS COMPLETE ACCURATE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
physical spaces and places where people live, work, learn and play - ANSWER: built
environment
degree to which a product, device, activity, facility, service or environment allows
everyone to participate fully and is available to everyone on an equal basis -
ANSWER: accessibility
access that meets the real accessibility needs of all users of a Site, regardless of their
physical ability - ANSWER: Meaningful access
sensory disability, includes people with blindness and low vision - ANSWER: Seeing
sensory disability, includes people with partial hearing loss to total hearing loss -
ANSWER: Hearing
includes mobility, flexibility, dexterity, and pain - ANSWER: Physical disabilities
affects acquision, organization, retention, understanding or use of verbal or non-
verbal information - ANSWER: Learning disabilities
occur from birth or early childhood, inhibit or delay an individual's ability to perform
a number of tasks - ANSWER: Developmental disabilities
disorders that affect mood, thinking and behaviour - ANSWER: Mental health related
affects storage, retention, and recollection of memories - ANSWER: Memory
impact speaking or understanding spoken language, can overlap with other
challenges such as learning difficulties, cognitive challenges, or an aspect of autism
spectrum disorders, mental health-related problems, or hearing-related conditions -
ANSWER: Communication disabilities
physical are often visible, learning disability or mental health are hidden - ANSWER:
Visible vs. invisible disabilities
disability as a medical condition and expects the person with the disability to change
to fit with society - ANSWER: Medical model of disability
, method of looking at the disability experience considers an individual's needs in the
context of wider society. Focuses on barriers created by society - ANSWER: Social
model of disability
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act identifies five barriers—attitudinal,
architectural and physical, organizational or systemic, information or
communications, technology - ANSWER: Barriers to Accessibility
behaviours, perceptions and assumptions that discriminate against persons with
disabilities
Assuming a person with a physical disability is not capable of being employed,
Assuming a person with hearing loss cannot effectively communicate socially or in a
work setting,
Assuming that someone with vision loss cannot navigate public transportation, city
streets or even a filing cabinet,
Assuming that a person with mental health issues cannot handle stress. - ANSWER:
attitudinal barriers
elements of buildings or outdoor spaces that block or limit access to persons with
disabilities,
Sidewalks, hallways, and doorways that are too narrow for a wheelchair, scooter or
walker,
Counters or desks that are too high for persons of short stature or someone using a
wheelchair, or other mobility device, to interact with staff or to carry out a
transaction,
Poor lighting that makes it difficult for a person with low vision to see or for
someone who lip-reads or uses sign language,
Doorknobs that are difficult to grasp for a person with arthritis, telephones that are
not equipped with telecommunications devices for people who are deaf or hard of
hearing,
lack of visual fire alarms could mean that a person with a hearing disability is working
in an area that is unsafe for them. - ANSWER: Architectural or Physical
policies, procedures or practices that discriminate and prevent people with
disabilities from participating fully in an opportunity available to others,
An employment equity program that does not provide a hiring process that is open
to people with disabilities:
No hiring forms/applications in Braille, large print or other alternative formats,
No telephone device for the deaf (TDD) so that people with hearing loss can talk
directly to HR staff,
Physically inaccessible offices,
Rigid office hours or dress codes - ANSWER: Organizational or Systemic