Deck 11: Disability

Question 1

Based on the ADA definition of disability, impairments can be all of the following except:

A) temporary or permanent
B) reversible or irreversible
C) progressive or regressive
D) tactile or intangible

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In what ways might the nature of a client's disabilities influence how the person copes with the disability in counseling.

Answer 2

not answered

Question 3

A counselor who explores a client's disability in a cultural context, acknowledging that many of the barriers the client faces come from society rather than internal limitations is most likely working from the disability construct known as the:

A) moral construct
B) medical model
C) societal construct
D) social model

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Some disabilities may fluctuate on a continuum from visible to invisible based on all of the following EXCEPT:

A) changes in the degree of disability
B) changes in individual circumstances
C) changes in the environment
D) changes in legislature for disabilities

Question 5

The exploration of disability culture and the experiences of disability is:

A) currently a large field of study
B) an evolving field that still needs more information gathered
C) not a field of study of interest for counselors
D) not a rapidly growing field of study.

Question 6

The earliest disability construct was the _____________ in which a disability was perceived as divine intervention or retribution.

A) moral construct
B) social model
C) medical model
D) faith-oriented construct

Question 7

How might a counselor's attitude towards disabilities help or hinder the counseling relationship with a disabled client?

Question 8

In what ways have societal views of disabilities changed over the years? Have these changes been mostly positive or negative for people with disabilities?

Question 9

The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA) prohibits discrimination in all of the following areas EXCEPT:

A) employment
B) state and local government
C) public accommodations, commercial facilities, and transportation
D) the ADA covers all of the listed areas

Question 10

Since the social and political activism of the 1960s, the increased availability of adaptive technology and attendant care has:

A) lead to increased communication among persons with disabilities and helped develop a more collective identity.
B) decreased the access of persons with disabilities to necessary resources and communication with one another.
C) not changed the amount of access persons with disabilities have to the disability subculture.
D) lead to a lot of turmoil among members of the disability subculture.

Question 11

An individual who views his or her disability as something that should be cured and must be fixed in order for the individual to be viewed as "normal" is most closely influenced by which of the disability constructs?

A) moral construct
B) medical model
C) social model
D) individual model

Question 12

The manifestation of oppression against individuals with physical, mental, or developmental disabilities is:

A) discrimination
B) handicapism
C) ableism
D) attitudinal barriers

Question 13

What personal characteristics of the client) might be utilized in a counseling relationship in order to help the client cope with the disability? How?

Question 14

How might the level of disability orientation a client is currently at influence his or her openness to receiving counseling?

Question 15

An individual with Asperger's Syndrome would be an example of a someone with :

A) A visible disability
B) An invisible disability
C) A nondisability related syndrome
D) A critical disability