Exam 11: Disability and Ableism

The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law and __________.

People with disabilities often have difficulty finding partners because __________.

The Union of Physically Impaired against Segregation advocates viewing disability through the lens of the __________ model.

The __________ approach to disability does not define disability in medical terms,instead opting to focus on structural conditions present in the world.

Throughout history people have always exercised their own __________ to turn feelings of frustration into action to change a social structure and belief system.This is especially true for people with disabilities.

Explain what is meant by the matrix of domination.

The disability rights movement first sought to ensure that the disabled have ready access to all public buildings and bathroom facilities and to draw attention to the demeaning characterization of the disabled by people like Jerry Lewis.

__________ is a central component of rehabilitation under the social model of disability.

The disability rights movement has been successful in __________.

Discuss the accomplishments of and challenges to the disability rights movement. Ideal

Because the focus of the medical approach to disability is on the individual,the goal of health practitioners is to rehabilitate or at least minimize what are seen as the negative consequences of an individual's disability.

The individual model of disability is also known as the __________ model of disability.

Disability rights are part of a larger more fundament goal for a progressive society that falls under the umbrella term of __________.

The dominant belief system that privileges the group in power is referred to as__________.

According to the social model of disability,the consequence of having the power to define who will be classified as disabled results in the __________of the disabled.

The American focus on individuality and personal will masks the structural deficiencies and challenges facing people with disabilities and contributes to a culture of __________,wherein people without disabilities enact norms to retain their privileged status.

The way people with able bodies view people with disabilities and the institutionalization of these views are central concerns of the __________.

The dominant members of society associate disability with __________.

The fact that a Black disabled woman experiences her oppression differently than a White disabled man reflects the matrix of __________.

When compared to their male counterparts,women with disabilities are __________.