Exam 11: Disability and Ableism

What promotes the likelihood that people with disabilities may have difficulty finding romantic and sexual partners? Ideal

A group that develops an organization and tactics to promote or resist social change in society about a group or issue such as disability rights is called a __________.

The combination of multiple forms of oppression,known as the __________,means that some people experience their disability along with other statuses that are also stigmatizing.

A disability often distinguishes individuals from the majority and is both internalized and outwardly stigmatizing.When experienced this way,disability is a __________.

Disability shares a number of characteristics common to other socially constructed and marginalized categories of people,including the way __________.

When the authors acknowledge that there is an ontological truth about disabilities,they are saying that disability is a social construction.

Mary lost her arm as a result of a mountaineering accident and her brother John was born with mental retardation.Of Mary and John,__________ is likely to be more stigmatized in American society.

Geoffrey is a paraplegic.His disability sets him apart and he often feels the __________ of being devalued and disgraced.

Central to the idea of __________ is that hierarchies of class,race,gender,sexuality,and disability in which each of us exists are simply additive in terms of the inequality they produce.

A status that has exceptional importance for social identity and overshadows other statuses is a __________.

__________ of Americans have some form of impairment,and the probability of disability increases for everyone with age.

A(n)__________,like disability,is a universal and undeniable reality.

How do labels affect people with disabilities? What role do they play in creating a master status with a stigma? Ideal

Disabled people often encounter which of the following responses?

Generally,people with disabilities earn __________than their nondisabled counterparts.

Discuss the differences between men and women in terms of the way their disabilities affect them.

The Americans with Disabilities Act is a form of __________ rights legislation.

Marek points to the fact that when someone is disabled the existence of his/her condition is undeniable as evidence for his argument that disability is primarily an individual,medical issue.Marek's argument relies on the notion of disability as a(n)__________.

Marcy is an academic who believes that disability should be treated as a difference with value rather than as a difference with defect.She comes from a __________ approach.

The Americans with Disabilities Act has ended discrimination against people with disabilities.