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Ableism is the belief that people with disabilities are inferior to able-bodied people. Correct! True Feedback for Correct Answer: Linton (1988) defined ableism as the negative determination of an individual’s abilities based on his or her disabilities. Ableism promotes the belief that people with disabilities are inferior to able-bodied persons in order to justify discrimination against them. Text Reference: Ableism: Disability Does Not Mean Inability False Question 2 0.1 / 0.1 pts Institutional ableism is the societal promotion of negative beliefs that tends to portray people with disabilities as deviant or incompetent? True Correct! False

Feedback for Correct Answer: Cultural ableism is the societal promotion of negative beliefs and images concerning people with disabilities that tend to portray the less able as deviant or incompetent and an assumption of superiority by people or groups based upon physical, mental, and emotional attributes. Text Reference: Historic Origins of Cultural Perspectives on Disability Question 3 0.1 / 0.1 pts Batavia (2001) argues that people with disabilities should not be considered an oppressed minority. Which of the following was not an argument against classifying people with disabilities as an oppressed minority? Correct! A disability has a significant impact on a person’s daily life. Feedback for Correct Answer: Gill (1994) argues that the disability influences an individual’s sense of identity, or others’ perceptions of the disability have a significant influence on their reactions to the person, including the likelihood of negative attitudes of rejection or even discrimination. Text Reference: Why should people with disabilities be considered a minority group? People with disabilities are actually part of the majority because everyone has some type of disability. People with handicaps are better off in the U.S than in the rest of the world.

The Americans with Disabilities Act advanced the opportunities of the handicapped so much they no longer qualified as an oppressed minority. Question 4 0.1 / 0.1 pts Several groups in the disabled community have refused to participate in telethons and other fundraisers because they feel it contributes to the perception that they are Subhuman organisms Objects of ridicule Menaces to society Correct! Objects of pity Feedback for Correct Answer: Surveys have concluded that because telethons tend to parade children with disabilities on television to encourage watchers to donate money they tend to reinforce the idea that people with disabilities are helpless and dependent. Text Reference: What are the historical perceptions of people with disabilities?

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Question 5 0.1 / 0.1 pts Cities prevented the establishment of group homes in certain neighborhood by all but which of the following ways? By passing so-called ugly laws By restricting the number of group homes in a certain area Correct! By requiring people with disabilities to live at home with their family Feedback for Correct Answer: Density laws that restricted the number of unrelated people living in a house and so called ugly laws targeting people with disabilities are two ways group homes were prevented from being established in certain areas. Text Reference: What is the alternative to placing people with disabilities in institutions? By passing density laws Question 6 Not yet graded / 0.2 pts

How would you utilize person-first language to change the perception of each of the following historical "labels" of persons with disabilities? Address each of the four labels below: 1. As an “Object of Dread” 2. As a “Subhuman Organism” 3. As an “Object of Pity” 4. As a “Diseased Organism” l Your Answer: 5. Person with epilepsy. 6. Person with developmental disabilities. 7. People that uses a wheelchair. 8. People with AIDs. Question 7 Not yet graded / 0.2 pts What is a minority group and what are the arguments for and against declaring people with disabilities as being a minority group? Your Answer: A minority group is characterized as a culturally, ethnically, or racially distinct group that is subordinate to a more dominant group. This group can be singled out for differential treatment which can be deemed as discriminatory. People with disabilities should be considered minorities because they face the same discrimination as other racial minority groups face Question 8 0.1 / 0.1 pts The sentence :"The handicapped girl who needs a special motorized scooter." is an example of using person-first language to describe someone who has a disability.

True Correct! False Feedback for Correct Answer: Gill (1994) argues that the disability influences an individual’s sense of identity, or others’ perceptions of the disability have a significant influence on their reactions to the person, including the likelihood of negative attitudes of rejection or even discrimination. Text Reference: Why should people with disabilities be considered a minority group?

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