Deck 12: Social Work and Services for People With Disabilities

Question 1

______ is the belief that every person, even those with the most severe disabilities, should have an educational and living environment as close to normal as possible.

A) Deinstitutionalization
B) Educational equivalency
C) Normalization
D) Equality in education

Answer 1

C

Question 2

_____ is a blockage or hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain, causing an inadequate oxygen supply and often long-term impairment of sensation, movement, or functioning.

A) Muscular dystrophy
B) Myasthenia gravis
C) Multiple sclerosis
D) Stroke

Answer 2

D

Question 3

_____ is a chronic condition in which a person's immune system attacks the joints, causing pain, inflammation, stiffness, swelling, and deterioration.

A) Muscular dystrophy
B) Myasthenia gravis
C) Rheumatoid arthritis
D) Stroke

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Treatment of people with developmental disabilities during the 1970s and 1980s involved:

A) A community-based approach
B) Emphasis on individual pathology
C) A consumer empowerment model

Question 5

CBRF stands for:

A) Cognitive Brain Restoration Framework
B) Congenital Brain Resultant Failure
C) Cohesive Bridge to Restore Functioning
D) Community Based Residential Facilities

Question 6

The myth that people with one kind of disability also have other disabilities is sometimes referred to as the:

A) Learned helplessness
B) Leapfrog concept
C) Spread of disability

Question 7

_____ is a disease affecting voluntary muscles (those controlled by one's will) in which nerve impulses are impaired, resulting in fatigue, weakness, and difficulties controlling muscles.

A) Muscular dystrophy
B) Myasthenia gravis
C) Rheumatoid arthritis
D) Multiple sclerosis

Question 8

All of the following attributes characterize people with developmental disabilities except:

A) The disability is both severe and chronic, resulting from some mental or physical impairment
B) The disability demonstrates the need for lifelong supplementary help and services
C) The disability occurs before age 10
D) The conditions are likely to be permanent

Question 9

_____ is an all-encompassing condition characterized by six conditions, four of which are-intense inner directedness; difficulties acquiring language in the first place; repetitive self-stimulating movements; intense obsession with objects.

A) Epilepsy
B) Cerebral Palsy
C) Autism

Question 10

A disease of the brain tissue such that the myelin sheath (the fatty material wrapped around the insulating parts of nerve cells that conduct nerve impulses in the brain to other nerve cells) deteriorates, thereby causing varying degrees of muscular dysfunction, paralysis, and muscle tremors is called:

A) Muscular dystrophy
B) Myasthenia gravis
C) Multiple sclerosis
D) Stroke

Question 11

An abrupt change in an individual's conscious state that may involve unconsciousness, convulsive motor activity, or sensory distortions, caused by sudden bursts of electrical activity in some brain cells causing reaction in other brain cells is called:

A) Epilepsy
B) Cerebral Palsy
C) Autism

Question 12

Treatment of people with developmental disabilities during the 1990s and beyond involved:

A) A community-based approach
B) Emphasis on individual pathology
C) A consumer empowerment model

Question 13

Linking clients to needed resources is called:

A) Brokering
B) Case management
C) Advocacy

Question 14

_____ is a disability involving problems in muscular control and coordination resulting from damage to the brain before it has matured, that is, before or during birth.

A) Epilepsy
B) Cerebral Palsy
C) Autism

Question 15

_____ is the practice of moving people who require supportive care for physical or mental conditions from institutional settings into the community.

A) Deinstitutionalization
B) Normalization
C) Community resource implementation
D) Localization

Question 16

With the _____, emphasis was placed not on the individual as a unique personality, but rather on the assessed level of need and the designated services available to address that need.

A) Normalization approach
B) Cognitive model
C) Developmental model
D) Individual pathology concept

Question 17

The _____ required provision of adequate services so people can attain their optimum potential and independence as integral members of the community.

A) Randolph-Sheppard Act
B) Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
C) Pratt-Smoot Act

Question 18

Which of the following is true about intellectual disabilities:

A) This involves a condition manifested before age five
B) This is also referred to as cognitive disabilities
C) People with intellectual disabilities make up a very small group of people with developmental disabilities
D) This term was changed from cognitive disabilities by President Clinton

Question 19

_____ is the condition in which clients grant permission for a social worker to undertake the intervention process after the worker clearly outlines for the client all of the facts, risks, and alternatives.

A) Autonomy
B) Self-determination
C) Authorization
D) Informed consent

Question 20

Any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by a progressive wasting of the muscles is described as:

A) Muscular dystrophy
B) Myasthenia gravis
C) Rheumatoid arthritis
D) Multiple sclerosis

Question 21

As educators, social workers try to change policies to help their clients.

Question 22

_____ mandated reimbursement for some services provided by agencies specifically designated to help people with visual impairment.

A) Pratt-Smoot Act of 1931
B) Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1930
C) Supplemental Security Income
D) Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and 1992 amendments

Question 23

_____ gave people who are blind preference in obtaining employment as operators of vending facilities on federal properties.

A) Pratt-Smoot Act of 1931
B) Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1930
C) Supplemental Security Income
D) Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and 1992 amendments

Question 24

Informed consent is the condition in which clients grant permission for a social worker to undertake the intervention process after the worker clearly informs clients of all the facts, risks, and alternatives involved.

Question 25

_____ is the term for bringing people who have some exceptional characteristics into the living, working, or educational environment to which all others have access.

A) Normalizing
B) Equalizing
C) Deinstitutionalizing
D) Mainstreaming

Question 26

On the autism spectrum, Asperger syndrome is a more severe condition than autism.

Question 27

Client self-determination is closely linked with the concept of autonomy.

Question 28

_____ established a Library of Congress program that later formed the foundation for regional centers providing Braille and recorded materials to people with visual impairment.

A) Pratt-Smoot Act of 1931
B) Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1930
C) Supplemental Security Income
D) Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and 1992 amendments

Question 29

Cerebral palsy is commonly referred to as seizure disorder.

Question 30

Many congenital mobility disabilities are also considered developmental disabilities.

Question 31

Legal blindness is clinically measured visual acuity of 20/50 in the better eye or a visual field of 10 degrees after optimal correction.

Question 32

Cognitive disabilities include cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.

Question 33

Until the late 1960s, community treatment and public policy emphasized individual pathology.

Question 34

It is suggested that terms like "retarded," "handicapped," and "disabled" people are the preferred terms today.

Question 35

In the 1970s and early 1980s, community treatment and public policy emphasized individual pathology.

Question 36

The myth that if a person has one kind of disability, they also have other disabilities is sometimes referred to as the spread of disability.

Question 37

The group cited in the text with the goal of an attempt on the part of people with disabilities to guarantee client autonomy in their quest for services is called The People's Right to Service.

Question 38

People with intellectual disabilities make up one of the smallest groups of people with developmental disabilities.

Question 39

As brokers, social workers link people who have disabilities and their families with needed services.

Question 40

_____ is a federal program that provides uniform cash assistance to the needy, blind, aged, and disabled throughout the country.

A) Pratt-Smoot Act of 1931
B) Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1930
C) Supplemental Security Income
D) Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and 1992 amendments

Question 41

The number of people with disabilities who are employed jumped dramatically after the Americans with Disabilities Act was instituted.

Question 42

Describe the different social work roles that you would utilize when working with people who have developmental disabilities.

Question 43

To what extent do the suggestions for empowerment through promoting self-determination for people with disabilities reflect residual versus institutional polices and programming?

Question 44

List four examples of developmental disabilities.

Question 45

Does the Americans with Disabilities Act actually help people with disabilities attain social and economic justice?

Question 46

The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act increased the total estimated number of people with developmental disabilities.

Question 47

To what extent does service provision for people with disabilities demonstrate conservative versus liberal values?

Question 48

Sheltered workshops offer a protective and supervised work environment for people who have trouble functioning more independently.

Question 49

What services are provided by ARC services?

Question 50

Is it the government's responsibility to improve the health and functioning of people with disabilities?

Question 51

Cite and define the four primary principles of the Self-Determination Movement.

Question 52

How would you respond to the following statements:

A) The more severe a physical disability is, the less intelligent the person.
B) People with physical disabilities are unable to function normally in society.
C) People with one kind of disability also have other disabilities.

Question 53

Define the two types of mobility disorders.

Question 54

What was the Americans with Disabilities Act designed to do?

Question 55

Define the approaches to the treatment of people with developmental disabilities during the following periods:
A. Prior to the late 1960s
B. The 1970s and 1980s
C. The 1990s and beyond

Question 56

Mainstreaming is bringing people who have some exceptional characteristics into the living, working, or educational environments to which all others have access.

Question 57

Historically, ARC was known as the Association for Retarded Citizens.