IAAP CPACC Certification - Post Exam
questions with correct answers
Medical Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Presents a view that pairs the problem of a person with
direct link to the trauma, disease, or health condition
Medical Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros: Addresses the biological sources
of disabilities and can provide ways to medically manage the condition
Cons: Ignores the sociopolitical and environmental factors of disability; problem of the individual
Social Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Disability is not a characteristic of the individual but the
conditions that the social environment creates that prohibit the full integration of the individual.
Social Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros: Focus on the disabling conditions in
the environment and clearing barriers that are disabling people from using society in the way designed, the
individual is not "broken"
Cons: Can downplay the embodied characteristics of disability, Can push disability advocacy into a polarizing
political space
Biophysical Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅A combination of the social and medical models to
create a more complex and broad view of disability in order to not diminish one aspect for another
Economic Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Defined by the individual not being able to
participate in work, ability or inability to contribute to the economy, assessed by the loss in productivity and
consequences for the individual, employer, and economy; directly related to the charity model
Economic Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros: Recognizes the bodily
limitations on work and that economic support may be needed
Cons: Creates a legally defined group of "needy" people which can be stigmatizing and also leave people out that
do not meet the legal threshold for disabled but need support
Functional Solutions Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Identifications of the limitations
("functional impairments") that the disability creates with the intent to find solutions to overcome those barriers
and reduce the limitations through innovation
Functional Solutions Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros: Results-oriented and
seeks solutions to real problems without diving into the sociopolitical implications, encourages innovation and
entrepreneurship
Cons: Can shift cost burden to the person instead of the building or organization; profit driven can cause
organization to miss the target audience and usefulness, can miss sociopolitical root cause
Social Identity or Cultural Affiliation Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅identity by affiliation;
deriving personal identity from membership in a like-minded group (eg. Deaf Culture)
Social Identity or Cultural Affiliation Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros:
Accepts the disability completely and uses it as a point of pride
Cons: Can be negated or brought down by feeling excluded by not fitting the groups expectations
Charity Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Sees those with disability as unfortunate or needy and
those that help as charitable and kind contributors
Charity Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros: inspires generosity
, Cons: condescending, person is an "object of pity", Often short-term fixes that sacrifice effective long-term
solutions for the immediate effectiveness
Sociopolitical Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅activist model that emphasizes the need for
human rights for people with disabilities
How many people have a disability? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅20% or 1 in 5 have some kind of disability
deaf - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅the condition of deafness, the partial or total hearing loss a person experiences
from a medical perspective
Deaf - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Deaf Culture or Deaf Community
Cognitive Disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅most common type of disability, can arise as a result of
congenital conditions that are with an individual from birth, or developmental conditions that are with a person
from a young age. They can also result from traumatic injury, infections, chemical imbalances, or other conditions
later in life
Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅cognitive disabilities experience difficulty
reading. Some read at a lower level than their peers of the same age, and some can't read at all
5-17% of population, equally affects males and females
Math Disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Some people experience math anxiety, which is an emotional or
psychological fear that grips some people when confronted with math problems
medical term(s);
- dyscalculia (congenital or from injury): inability to compute
- dysgraphia: inability to draw/chart
affects 3-6% of the population
Augmentative and Alternate Communication (AAC) - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅- unaided: facial expressions,
body lang.
- aided: pen, paper, electronics
- solutions to speech disorders
Seizure Disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅abnormal or erratic electrical impulses in the brain that interfere
with a person's ability to process information or, in some cases, control voluntary muscle movement. Can be from
physical reasons (drugs, dehydration, sleep, infections, fevers) or from flashing lights
- epilepsy: recurring seizures (2% of pop. have at least 1 in their life)
- photosensitivity epilepsy: when there are 16-25 images per second, 3% of people with epilepsy have
photosensitivity epilsepsy)
Psychological Disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅vast range of emotional and mental conditions. These
conditions are first diagnosed as "mental illness". and is then categorized as disability if it impacts life activities
Percentage of the worldwide population with a disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅10-20% most sources
Web Accessibility Principals - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅P-Perceivable
O- Operable
U- Understandable
R- Robust
Perception - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅making the output of web content available through multiple sensory
modalities (touch, hear, see)
questions with correct answers
Medical Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Presents a view that pairs the problem of a person with
direct link to the trauma, disease, or health condition
Medical Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros: Addresses the biological sources
of disabilities and can provide ways to medically manage the condition
Cons: Ignores the sociopolitical and environmental factors of disability; problem of the individual
Social Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Disability is not a characteristic of the individual but the
conditions that the social environment creates that prohibit the full integration of the individual.
Social Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros: Focus on the disabling conditions in
the environment and clearing barriers that are disabling people from using society in the way designed, the
individual is not "broken"
Cons: Can downplay the embodied characteristics of disability, Can push disability advocacy into a polarizing
political space
Biophysical Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅A combination of the social and medical models to
create a more complex and broad view of disability in order to not diminish one aspect for another
Economic Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Defined by the individual not being able to
participate in work, ability or inability to contribute to the economy, assessed by the loss in productivity and
consequences for the individual, employer, and economy; directly related to the charity model
Economic Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros: Recognizes the bodily
limitations on work and that economic support may be needed
Cons: Creates a legally defined group of "needy" people which can be stigmatizing and also leave people out that
do not meet the legal threshold for disabled but need support
Functional Solutions Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Identifications of the limitations
("functional impairments") that the disability creates with the intent to find solutions to overcome those barriers
and reduce the limitations through innovation
Functional Solutions Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros: Results-oriented and
seeks solutions to real problems without diving into the sociopolitical implications, encourages innovation and
entrepreneurship
Cons: Can shift cost burden to the person instead of the building or organization; profit driven can cause
organization to miss the target audience and usefulness, can miss sociopolitical root cause
Social Identity or Cultural Affiliation Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅identity by affiliation;
deriving personal identity from membership in a like-minded group (eg. Deaf Culture)
Social Identity or Cultural Affiliation Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros:
Accepts the disability completely and uses it as a point of pride
Cons: Can be negated or brought down by feeling excluded by not fitting the groups expectations
Charity Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Sees those with disability as unfortunate or needy and
those that help as charitable and kind contributors
Charity Model of Disability Pros and Cons - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Pros: inspires generosity
, Cons: condescending, person is an "object of pity", Often short-term fixes that sacrifice effective long-term
solutions for the immediate effectiveness
Sociopolitical Model of Disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅activist model that emphasizes the need for
human rights for people with disabilities
How many people have a disability? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅20% or 1 in 5 have some kind of disability
deaf - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅the condition of deafness, the partial or total hearing loss a person experiences
from a medical perspective
Deaf - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Deaf Culture or Deaf Community
Cognitive Disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅most common type of disability, can arise as a result of
congenital conditions that are with an individual from birth, or developmental conditions that are with a person
from a young age. They can also result from traumatic injury, infections, chemical imbalances, or other conditions
later in life
Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅cognitive disabilities experience difficulty
reading. Some read at a lower level than their peers of the same age, and some can't read at all
5-17% of population, equally affects males and females
Math Disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Some people experience math anxiety, which is an emotional or
psychological fear that grips some people when confronted with math problems
medical term(s);
- dyscalculia (congenital or from injury): inability to compute
- dysgraphia: inability to draw/chart
affects 3-6% of the population
Augmentative and Alternate Communication (AAC) - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅- unaided: facial expressions,
body lang.
- aided: pen, paper, electronics
- solutions to speech disorders
Seizure Disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅abnormal or erratic electrical impulses in the brain that interfere
with a person's ability to process information or, in some cases, control voluntary muscle movement. Can be from
physical reasons (drugs, dehydration, sleep, infections, fevers) or from flashing lights
- epilepsy: recurring seizures (2% of pop. have at least 1 in their life)
- photosensitivity epilepsy: when there are 16-25 images per second, 3% of people with epilepsy have
photosensitivity epilsepsy)
Psychological Disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅vast range of emotional and mental conditions. These
conditions are first diagnosed as "mental illness". and is then categorized as disability if it impacts life activities
Percentage of the worldwide population with a disability - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅10-20% most sources
Web Accessibility Principals - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅P-Perceivable
O- Operable
U- Understandable
R- Robust
Perception - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅making the output of web content available through multiple sensory
modalities (touch, hear, see)
