Exam 7: Disability As Difference

Physical,mental,and intellectual disabilities are not the same in terms of need and access issues.

Which of the following models is most likely to look at the disabled as patients?

The theories used to study disability outlined in this chapter are unique and can never be combined.

List three physical barriers that would need to be overcome for a student in your class if he or she were visually impaired,and suggest some ways these barriers could be overcome.

Which province recently passed comprehensive legislation to deal with disability issues?

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Disabled outlined what dramatic shift in disabled decision making?

Which disabled group was the first in Canada to be provided with educational services?

Handicap was added as a ground of discrimination in 1991.

Discuss learning disabilities from the viewpoint of the economic model by exploring what barriers to employment individuals with learning disabilities might have and how those barriers could be overcome in the workplace.

Select a historical event as outlined in this chapter and show how this event was significant in affecting the lives of the disabled by citing at least two changes in social policy and/or programs that resulted from the event.

This chapter looked at three models of disability.Select the one you think is most helpful in increasing the participation of the disabled in the workforce.Give reasons for your selection.

Select one of the three models of disability discussed in this chapter.Argue in favour of it being the model that would most increase the participation of the disabled in all aspects Canadian life because it would give rise to the greatest social policy change.Be specific and give examples to support your argument.

The British North America Act divided responsibilities between the provinces and the federal government.Who was responsible for health care for natives?

Deinstitutionalization has not affected the number of Canadians are homeless in urban centres.

There are more females who are disabled than males.Which factor does the textbook suggest might account for this difference?

How might an aging population affect services provided by the government for the disabled? Be specific and give examples.

When was the first committee to deal with issues affecting the disabled in terms of a human rights framework held?

The chapter indicates that there is more stigmatization of the mentally ill than of other disabled groups.Agree or disagree with this assessment and support your argument with specific examples.

Which movement or theory led to an increase in self-help groups?

The Canadian Human Rights Act added having a handicap as grounds of discrimination in 1981.