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how many people in the world are affected by a disability? - Answer 17%
how many Americans are affected by a disability? - Answer 19%
how many school aged children are affected by a disability? - Answer 5.2%
goals of disability rights movement - Answer -accessibility and safety in environments
-equal opportunities in independent living, employment, education, housing
-freedom from neglect/abuse/violations of patients' rights
-civil rights legislations to secure these opportunities
how many 31-64 year olds account for nursing home residents? - Answer 14
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - SECTION 504 - Answer FIRST CIVIL RIGHTS STATUTE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; no program that receives federal financial assistance can discriminate against handicapped individuals
ex: schools, health programs, transportation, etc
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - SECTION 508 - Answer federal organizations must have equal access to electronic office equipment for all employees; mandates rehabilitation technology
rehabilitation technology - Answer rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology devices and services
attendant care cost - Answer $26,000; 1/3 less than nursing homes
what's long term more expensive? - Answer nursing home is long term more expensive; more upfront costs to hire case manages, find housing, pay to make home-based bar work, but less expensive in long term
states are required to pay for - Answer nursing home coverage
states do not have to provide - Answer in-home assistance
Olmstead vs. L.C. - Answer found that there was discrimination in that those with disabilities were forced to live in institutions/nursing homes; people are required to be given the option in live in community
ICF model - Answer interaction between health conditions (diseases, disorders) and contextual factors (environment, personal factors); disability involves disfunction at one of more levels: body functions and structures, activities, participation
largest minority group seeking employment - Answer persons with disabilities
self-determination - Answer doesn't mean total independence, just means control over their choices; ex: make their own medical decisions, not professionals
Independent Living Movement - Answer created resources for persons with disabilities to live independently in the community
institutionalization - Answer people with disabilites often confined to institutions with horrendous living situations
Dorothea Dix - Answer first advocate to change institutionalization of those with disabilites; wanted reformed institutions
Title III ADA - Answer Public Accommodations --> public places (buildings; newer ones with better accommodations and old ones renovated when possible) and transportation must be equal
Edward Roberts - Answer founded the first Independent Living Center (1972)
often people with disabilites are more "successful" at aging well because - Answer they have accepted limitations in physical function, have integrated receiving assistance into their lives, are aware of resources that provide assistance
Centers for Independent Living - Answer local organizations to promote independent living; provide assistance with: accessible housing, attendant care, community resources, equipment needs
centers for independent living generally run by - Answer individuals with disabilites
benefits of subcultures (disability/deaf) - Answer ability to socialize with like people, adjustment of identity, learn to cope with the disability, forming a network of people that understand the challenges
barriers to employment for those with disabilities - Answer little is expected of them; limited options of jobs that can actually be performed; sheltered workshops can further segregate people
keys to overcoming disability skill deficits - Answer education and training, not helpful though since people with disabilities are underrepresented in higher education
people with disabilites and healthcare policy - Answer largely ignored the issue until 1990's; felt that healthcare system devalued people with disabilities
definition of disability - Answer no single, universally accepted definition! closest is Nagi's disablement model
Sheltered Workshop - Answer work just for people with disabilites
pros of sheltered workshops - Answer can provide safe, nice environment for those with disabilites; provides friendship; provides stability; skills are matched to individual
cons of sheltered workshops - Answer VERY low wages; limited upward mobility; segregation from those without disabilities
leading cause of disability among adults in US - Answer stroke
how many people are living with stroke-caused impairments? - Answer 4 million
cause of stroke - Answer lack of blood flow to brain; rupture of vessel in brain
resulting impairments of stroke - Answer functional mobility, performance of daily activities, communication
Eugenics - Answer the study of production of fine human offspring by control of mating
focus of healthcare policy in the 1920s - Answer 25 states in the US had laws requiring sterilization of "criminally insane" or others with disabilities
Social Model - Answer developed by people with disabilites; states that society is the main contributory factor in disabling people; recognizes voice of those with disabilities; begins to put power in disabled people/their organizations
Title I of ADA - Answer Employment --> requires the employers make reasonable accommodation to disabled people, unless it results in undue hardship; prohibits discrimination in recruitment, hiring, promotions, training, pay, or social activities in employment
insurance companies pay - Answer 80% of the device for disabled person
"in home rule" - Answer whatever device disabled person needs must be proper match for person's home
cerebral palsy - Answer non-progressive, congenital disability; caused by damage to the brain during pregnancy, birth, or up to three years after birth
cerebral palsy impairments - Answer muscle weakness, muscle spasms, seizures, learning disabilites, visual impairments
how many people born with cerebral palsy - Answer 2.2-4.4 per 1,000 live births
Medical Model - Answer developed by those without disabilites; focuses on what is "wrong" with the person and places blame for the impairments; gave permission to "do" things to people rather than "with" them; goal is to cure people of impairments, not accommodate; medical-professional decides all of what to do with a person's deficit
models should not be used - Answer in isolation; they work together
social security act signed by - Answer Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935
social security act provided - Answer permanent assistant to disabled adults
person with disability can receive benefits of social security act if - Answer -5 full calendar months after sustaining disability
-must have paid enough money into system to receive benefits
-worker must be unable to continue his/her previous job or adjust to new job
