Introduction to DD: Quiz Questions and Review Guide
Which of the following is a perspective intellectual and developmental disability? - correct answer
✔✔Critical meaning, public meaning and definitional meaning
From this perspective, a disability is an aspect of a person's life - correct answer ✔✔Personal meaning
Public meaning - correct answer ✔✔a confluence of the literal and sociocultural meaning of the terms
"intellectual disability" and "developmental disability"
Critical meaning - correct answer ✔✔Value-based and goal-oriented disability perspective (e.g., self-
advocacy groups- People First).
Critical meaning - correct answer ✔✔This movement is influenced by the philosophy of equal human
rights for people with disabilities and reflects the influence of critical race, feminism and gender identity
Definitional meaning - correct answer ✔✔This meaning relates to the need for disability professionals to
define terms for specific purposes, such as access to educational and social service programs
Conceptual, social and practical domains - correct answer ✔✔According to the APA DSM-5 definition,
which of the following is included as one of the three adaptive function domains impacted by an
intellectual disability
In the early 2000s the world health organization changed their definition from a functioning framework
to a deficit framework - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
One argument for the use of disability terms is to help identify and thus to assist people who have
extraordinary support needs - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
Disability is a social concept or social construct - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
, There is no evidence of disability prior to the industrial revolution - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
The evidence of disability in ancient cultures comes from - correct answer ✔✔Natural evidence and
cultural evidence
What influenced beliefs about the origin and meanings of disability in the antiquity era? - correct answer
✔✔Religious beliefs and superstitions
Caring for people wit disabilities is a moral obligation in which religious texts? - correct answer
✔✔Quran, Bible and Torah
In the medieval era they began to have an understanding of the distinction between mind and body -
correct answer ✔✔FALSE
During which era was there an increase in asylums, institutions, and workhouses? - correct answer
✔✔Industrial revolution
In the early rise of asylums there was an emphasis on _______ - correct answer ✔✔Rehabilitation
When did the movement of inclusion begin in the United States - correct answer ✔✔1970s and 1980s
What is the primary cause of down syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔extra copy of chromosome 21
What term is used to describe the extra genetic material in down syndrome? - correct answer
✔✔Trisomy
What is the approximate prevalence of down syndrome worldwide? - correct answer ✔✔1 in 700 births
Down syndrome is associated with an increased risk of what conditions? - correct answer ✔✔Type 1
diabetes, Congenital heart defects and orthopedic problems
Which of the following is a perspective intellectual and developmental disability? - correct answer
✔✔Critical meaning, public meaning and definitional meaning
From this perspective, a disability is an aspect of a person's life - correct answer ✔✔Personal meaning
Public meaning - correct answer ✔✔a confluence of the literal and sociocultural meaning of the terms
"intellectual disability" and "developmental disability"
Critical meaning - correct answer ✔✔Value-based and goal-oriented disability perspective (e.g., self-
advocacy groups- People First).
Critical meaning - correct answer ✔✔This movement is influenced by the philosophy of equal human
rights for people with disabilities and reflects the influence of critical race, feminism and gender identity
Definitional meaning - correct answer ✔✔This meaning relates to the need for disability professionals to
define terms for specific purposes, such as access to educational and social service programs
Conceptual, social and practical domains - correct answer ✔✔According to the APA DSM-5 definition,
which of the following is included as one of the three adaptive function domains impacted by an
intellectual disability
In the early 2000s the world health organization changed their definition from a functioning framework
to a deficit framework - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
One argument for the use of disability terms is to help identify and thus to assist people who have
extraordinary support needs - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
Disability is a social concept or social construct - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
, There is no evidence of disability prior to the industrial revolution - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
The evidence of disability in ancient cultures comes from - correct answer ✔✔Natural evidence and
cultural evidence
What influenced beliefs about the origin and meanings of disability in the antiquity era? - correct answer
✔✔Religious beliefs and superstitions
Caring for people wit disabilities is a moral obligation in which religious texts? - correct answer
✔✔Quran, Bible and Torah
In the medieval era they began to have an understanding of the distinction between mind and body -
correct answer ✔✔FALSE
During which era was there an increase in asylums, institutions, and workhouses? - correct answer
✔✔Industrial revolution
In the early rise of asylums there was an emphasis on _______ - correct answer ✔✔Rehabilitation
When did the movement of inclusion begin in the United States - correct answer ✔✔1970s and 1980s
What is the primary cause of down syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔extra copy of chromosome 21
What term is used to describe the extra genetic material in down syndrome? - correct answer
✔✔Trisomy
What is the approximate prevalence of down syndrome worldwide? - correct answer ✔✔1 in 700 births
Down syndrome is associated with an increased risk of what conditions? - correct answer ✔✔Type 1
diabetes, Congenital heart defects and orthopedic problems
