CHLH 330 Exam 1 Study Guide
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True or False: there is one universal definition of disability - Answer false
4 phenomena of Nagi's model of disablement - Answer Active pathology, impairment,
functional limitation, disability
Active pathology - Answer interruption of normal cellular processes
Impairment - Answer abnormality of the tissue, organ and body system level
Functional limitation - Answer restrictions in the performance of the person
disability - Answer expression of physical/mental limitation in a social context
what does disability represent? - Answer a gap between what a person can do and what
society expects them to do
what percent of the population is disabled? - Answer 17%
what is the largest minority group seeking employment? - Answer disabled
what is the average age of disability onset? - Answer 35.7
most common disabilities - Answer back and spinal injuries, bulging disc, spinal
stenosis, sciatica
bulging disc - Answer disc separating vertebrae degenerates and pushes on spinal cord
spinal stenosis - Answer narrowing of open spaces in the spine
sciatica - Answer the compression of sciatic nerve (large nerves that control lower
muscles)
true or false: depression is often not viewed as a disability - Answer true
populations most affected by depression - Answer -45-64 years of age
-women
-individuals of minority status
-less than a high school education
-divorced
-unemployed
, -without health insurance
who is typically affected by post traumatic stress disorder? - Answer veterans or people
that have gone through a traumatic experience such as physical harm or near physical
harm
multiple sclerosis - Answer degeneration of myelin sheath, insulation of nerves,
messages don't get through
is multiple sclerosis progressive or static? - Answer progressive
cerebral palsy - Answer -non progressive
-congenital
-caused by damage to brain during pregnancy, birth or three years after birth
parkinson's disease - Answer -progressive
-caused by a decrease in dopamine, which sends signals to other neurons to coordinate
movement
spinal cord injury - Answer -caused by a traumatic injury or infection of the spinal cord
-extent of injury is based on where the injury or infection occurred
paraplegia - Answer thoracic level or below (mid to low spinal cord)
tetraplegia - Answer cervical (upper spinal cord) level injury
muscular dystrophy - Answer -congenital
-caused by a mutation of the dystrophin gene
-primarily affects males
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Answer -nerve cells break down and die
-unknown cause
-progressive
-slightly more men than women
-military
trans-humeral - Answer upper arm amputation
trans-femoral - Answer upper leg amputation
phantom limb pain - Answer continued feeling of sensation and pain of the missing limb
acoustic neuroma - Answer tumor in auditory canal that causes damage to structures of
With Verified Solution
True or False: there is one universal definition of disability - Answer false
4 phenomena of Nagi's model of disablement - Answer Active pathology, impairment,
functional limitation, disability
Active pathology - Answer interruption of normal cellular processes
Impairment - Answer abnormality of the tissue, organ and body system level
Functional limitation - Answer restrictions in the performance of the person
disability - Answer expression of physical/mental limitation in a social context
what does disability represent? - Answer a gap between what a person can do and what
society expects them to do
what percent of the population is disabled? - Answer 17%
what is the largest minority group seeking employment? - Answer disabled
what is the average age of disability onset? - Answer 35.7
most common disabilities - Answer back and spinal injuries, bulging disc, spinal
stenosis, sciatica
bulging disc - Answer disc separating vertebrae degenerates and pushes on spinal cord
spinal stenosis - Answer narrowing of open spaces in the spine
sciatica - Answer the compression of sciatic nerve (large nerves that control lower
muscles)
true or false: depression is often not viewed as a disability - Answer true
populations most affected by depression - Answer -45-64 years of age
-women
-individuals of minority status
-less than a high school education
-divorced
-unemployed
, -without health insurance
who is typically affected by post traumatic stress disorder? - Answer veterans or people
that have gone through a traumatic experience such as physical harm or near physical
harm
multiple sclerosis - Answer degeneration of myelin sheath, insulation of nerves,
messages don't get through
is multiple sclerosis progressive or static? - Answer progressive
cerebral palsy - Answer -non progressive
-congenital
-caused by damage to brain during pregnancy, birth or three years after birth
parkinson's disease - Answer -progressive
-caused by a decrease in dopamine, which sends signals to other neurons to coordinate
movement
spinal cord injury - Answer -caused by a traumatic injury or infection of the spinal cord
-extent of injury is based on where the injury or infection occurred
paraplegia - Answer thoracic level or below (mid to low spinal cord)
tetraplegia - Answer cervical (upper spinal cord) level injury
muscular dystrophy - Answer -congenital
-caused by a mutation of the dystrophin gene
-primarily affects males
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Answer -nerve cells break down and die
-unknown cause
-progressive
-slightly more men than women
-military
trans-humeral - Answer upper arm amputation
trans-femoral - Answer upper leg amputation
phantom limb pain - Answer continued feeling of sensation and pain of the missing limb
acoustic neuroma - Answer tumor in auditory canal that causes damage to structures of
