True or False: there is one universal definition of disability - Answers false
4 phenomena of Nagi's model of disablement - Answers Active pathology, impairment, functional
limitation, disability
Active pathology - Answers interruption of normal cellular processes
Impairment - Answers abnormality of the tissue, organ and body system level
Functional limitation - Answers restrictions in the performance of the person
disability - Answers expression of physical/mental limitation in a social context
what does disability represent? - Answers a gap between what a person can do and what society
expects them to do
what percent of the population is disabled? - Answers 17%
what is the largest minority group seeking employment? - Answers disabled
what is the average age of disability onset? - Answers 35.7
most common disabilities - Answers back and spinal injuries, bulging disc, spinal stenosis, sciatica
bulging disc - Answers disc separating vertebrae degenerates and pushes on spinal cord
spinal stenosis - Answers narrowing of open spaces in the spine
sciatica - Answers the compression of sciatic nerve (large nerves that control lower muscles)
true or false: depression is often not viewed as a disability - Answers true
populations most affected by depression - Answers -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? - Answers veterans or people that have gone
through a traumatic experience such as physical harm or near physical harm
, multiple sclerosis - Answers degeneration of myelin sheath, insulation of nerves, messages don't get
through
is multiple sclerosis progressive or static? - Answers progressive
cerebral palsy - Answers -non progressive
-congenital
-caused by damage to brain during pregnancy, birth or three years after birth
parkinson's disease - Answers -progressive
-caused by a decrease in dopamine, which sends signals to other neurons to coordinate movement
spinal cord injury - Answers -caused by a traumatic injury or infection of the spinal cord
-extent of injury is based on where the injury or infection occurred
paraplegia - Answers thoracic level or below (mid to low spinal cord)
tetraplegia - Answers cervical (upper spinal cord) level injury
muscular dystrophy - Answers -congenital
-caused by a mutation of the dystrophin gene
-primarily affects males
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Answers -nerve cells break down and die
-unknown cause
-progressive
-slightly more men than women
-military
trans-humeral - Answers upper arm amputation
trans-femoral - Answers upper leg amputation
phantom limb pain - Answers continued feeling of sensation and pain of the missing limb
acoustic neuroma - Answers tumor in auditory canal that causes damage to structures of the ear
ototoxicity - Answers damage to structures of the ear caused by medications
cochlear implants - Answers electronic devices that are implanted in the ear and conduct sound