Deck 39: Developmental Disabilities

Question 1

Which statement about developmental disabilities is correct?

A) The impairment must have a physical component to be considered a disability.
B) The disability is severe but reversible.
C) Function is limited in three or more life skill areas.
D) The disability improves during adulthood.

Answer 1

Function is limited in three or more life skill areas.

Question 2

A person with a developmental disability may have limited function in which of the following areas?

A) Being able to see
B) Hearing what you are saying
C) Heart, respiratory, and digestive function
D) Capacity for independent living and economic self-sufficiency

Answer 2

Capacity for independent living and economic self-sufficiency

Question 3

Which statement about persons with intellectual disabilities is correct?

A) Their ability to learn impossible without intensive treatment.
B) They have difficulty learning to love.
C) Their ability to respond in socially appropriate ways is limited.
D) They need constant support.

Answer 3

Their ability to respond in socially appropriate ways is limited.

Question 4

Which statement about persons with intellectual disabilities is correct?

A) Their reproductive organs do not develop because of the disability.
B) They cannot control their sexual urges.
C) They have the right to protect from sexual abuse.
D) Sex and sexual issues are of limited concern.

Question 5

Persons with Down syndrome usually need which of the following?

A) Wheelchairs and braces
B) Extra Vitamin C
C) A low fat diet
D) Speech, language, physical, and occupational therapies

Question 6

Which of the following is a cause of cerebral palsy?

A) An extra chromosome
B) Brain damage
C) Too much oxygen to the brain
D) Too much fluid on the brain

Question 7

Which statement about cerebral palsy is correct?

A) It can occur in early childhood from a lack of nutrition.
B) Infants who are born by cesarean section are at risk.
C) Infants born with fetal alcohol syndrome are at risk.
D) It can occur in adulthood from stroke, heart attack, and accidents.

Question 8

Children with autism typically have which of the following impairments?

A) Social skills
B) Vision
C) Hearing
D) Respiratory and cardiac function

Question 9

Which statement about autism is correct?

A) It can be cured with early diagnosis.
B) With therapy, the person can learn to change or control behaviors.
C) Persons with autism may also have Down Syndrome.
D) The person needs to be placed in a special home.