Disability Awareness Quiz
Next to each statement, indicate if you believe that statement to be true or false.
- Only people who can’t walk use wheelchairs.
- You have a friend who has a speech impairment and sometimes you’re not sure what he said. To make things easier, you should pretend that you understand.
- When you meet someone who is blind or visually impaired, you should introduce yourself to that person.
- When communicating with people who are deaf or hard of hearing, it is necessary to speak through an interpreter.
Disability Awareness Quiz
- It’s safe to assume that people with disabilities usually need help.
- It’s okay to gossip about people who are deaf hard or hearing because they can’t hear you anyway.
- People who use wheelchairs can’t go anyplace fun.
- People with cerebral palsy usually have a cognitive disability, too.
- People with disabilities want to be treated just like everyone else.
- When you meet someone with a guide or companion dog, you should make friends with the dog first so that the dog is comfortable with you being nearby.
- Among other professions, people with disabilities work as stockbrokers, lawyers, doctors and teachers.
Disability Awareness Quiz
- People with disabilities prefer to hang out with others who have disabilities.
- Most public places such as movie theaters, restaurants and ballparks are easy for people who use wheelchairs to enjoy.
- People with disabilities can’t dance.
- It’s okay to ask people with disabilities about their disabilities.
- People with disabilities can participate in competitive sports.
- People with disabilities can’t live on their own when they grow up.
- Disabilities are illnesses to be treated by medical professionals in the hope of a cure.
- People can become disabled at any point in their lives.
- Many people with disabilities feel their real disability involves problems with the environment rather than problems with their bodies. Use APA referencing style.