Disability Awareness Survey
1. People with disabilities do not have jobs because their disability
prevents them from working.
a) true b) false
2. Anyone who uses a wheelchair is chronically ill or sickly.
a) true b) false
3. People with disabilities are more comfortable with people of their
own kind.
a) true b) false
4. People with disabilities always need help.
a) true b) false
5. There is nothing one person can do to help eliminate barriers confronting 
people with disabilities.
a) true b) false
6. Employees with disabilities have the same absentee rates as
employees without disabilities.
a) true b) false
7. Persons with disabilities need to be protected from failing.
a) true b) false
8. Hiring employees with disabilities increases workers' compensation
insurance rates.
a) true b) false
9. There's a difference between a disability and a handicap.
a) true b) false
10. Persons who have deafness make ideal employees in noisy work
environments.
a) true b) false
11. Considerable expense is necessary to accommodate most workers with
disabilities.
a) true b) false
12. When looking at accident rates on the job, the safety records indicate
that there is no real difference between employees with disabilities
and those without disabilities.
a) true b) false
13. People who ahave blindness, deafness or who have cerebral palsy, quadriplegia,
or other severe disabilities cannot be employed in ordinary jobs.
a) true b) false
14. People with disabilities can use a service like ACCESS, and therefore, don't have
to rely on regular transit services.
a) true b) false
15. Disability is most often caused by:
a) trauma
b) hidden conditions
c) drinking
d) medicine
16. What is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate metabolism characterized by
 abnormal elevations of blood glucose (sugar)?
a) diabetes insipidus
b) diabetes gangrenous
c) diabetes mellitus
d) none of the above
17. The term "activity limitation" refers to a person
a) unable to perform a major activity
b) able to perform a major activity, but limited in the kind or amount of
    this activity
c) not limited in the major activity, but limited in the kind or amount of other
    activities
d) all of the above
18. For a health condition to be "chronic," it must have persisted:
a) 3 months
b) 6 months
c) 12 months
d) 18 months
19. Difficulty in seeing ordinary newspaper print (with glasses or contacts 
if normally used) hearing normal conversation (with the use of a hearing
aid if normally needed), having  speech understood, lifting or
carrying 10 pounds are examples of:
a) an activity limitation
b) a chronic health condition
c) a functional limitation
d) laziness
20. Going outside the home, keeping track of money or bills, preparing meals,
doing light housework and using the telephone are referred to as:
a) functional limitations
b) instrumental activities of daily living
c) vocational rehabilitation
d) substantial gainful limitations
21. The ability to bathe, eat, and dress without the help of another person
would be considered a "major activity" for which of the following age groups:
a) people 5-17 years of age
b) people 18-69 years of age
c) people 70 years of age
d) all of the above
22. A person who has difficulty with activities of daily living, but who does
 not need personal assistance with those activities has a:
a) severe disability
b) disability
c) non-severe disability
d)) no disability
23. A person who is unable to perform or needs the help of another person to 
perform one or more activities is regarded as having:
a) a non-severe disability
b) a functional limitation
c) a severe functional limitation
d) an occupational illness
24. A person who uses a wheelchair or regularly uses a cane, crutches or
a walker has:
a) a severe disability
b) a work disability
c) a severe work disability
d) an unfair advantage in getting good parking places
25. To be eligible for Social Security Disability Income, a person must have
had a disability for a minimum of:
a) 6 months
b) 5 months
c) 3 months
d) 12 months
26. The federal program that provides income support to people 65 and over,
 adults with blindness or other disabilities is:
a) Social Security Income
b) Supplemental Security Income
c) Medicare
d) Medicaid
27. A person is classified as having a "work disability" if she/he has:
a) a health problem or disability which prevents them from working
b) did not work in a Survey Week because of a long-term physical or mental
    illness
c) received veterans' disability compensation
d) all of the above
Matching
28. Handicapped      (q) a) In education, moving from one level to another
29. Mainstream        (n) b) Activities or movements restricting a person with disabilities
30. Transition           (a) c) A medical determination of problems
31. Compensation    (p) d) Acceptance
32. Minority              (i) e) The degree of disability or limitations
33. Disability            (g) f) A less derogatory term for describing a person with a disability
34. Rehabilitation    (o) g) A term for describing a person's specific limitation
35. Capabilities        (k) h) To place in a "regular" environment; to not exclude
36. Limitations         (b) i) A member or group not represented in large numbers
37. Congestive j) Hardening and narrowing of the coronary arteries which
   heart failure   (m)     supply the heart muscle itself
38. Inclusion            (h) k) Things or acts which can be done by an individual
39. Contribution       (l) l) What can give to another, or a group, or society
40. Severity             (e) m) Not a disease of the heart, but a complication of either
41. Diagnosis           (c) A cardiovascular disease or a disease of the
42. Tolerance          (d) pulmonary system
43. Challenged        (f) n) To place challenged individuals in a "regular" class
44. Arterioslerotic o) Providing corrective therapy: physical, vocational, etc.
    heart disease  (j) p) To make up for loss in another manner or method
q) A generalized term for those unable to help themselves
     (often derogatory and falling out of favor)
Which terms are better evidence of respect for individuals?
45. a) A person who is handicapped b) A person who has a disability
46. a) A person who has   b) A person who is a midget/dwarf
short stature
47. a) A person who has deafness and cannot speak b) A person who is deaf
48. a) A person with Down Syndrome b) An individual who is mongoloid
49. a) A person with a bi-polar  b) An individual who is Manic-
disorder Depressive
50. a) An individual who has polio, b) A person who suffers from,
multiple sclerosis, etc. afflicted with polio, multiple 
sclerosis, etc.
51. a) A person who is wheelchair- b) A person who uses a
bound, or confined to a wheelchair wheelchair
52. a) People who have blindness b) People who have blindness
53. Dysarthria is a type of:
a) hearing impairment
b) speech disorder
c) arthritic condition
d) none of the above
54. Aphasia encompasses difficulties in:
a) using speech
b) understanding linguistic symbols
c) interpreting linguistic symbols
d) all of the above  
55. Raynauld's disease is a disease entity which is defined as:
a) asphyxia of the digital tissues
b) disorder of the heart
c) eye disorder
d) ear disorder
56. People with mental retardation have the following characteristics:
a) not capable of learning
b) incapable of learning beyond a certain point
c) possibly can learn beyond a certain point
d) none of the above
57. Factors that play an important role in influencing the success and
employability of a person with mental retardation:
a) learned helplessness
b) place and train model
c) train and place model
d)  none of the above
58. To be effective in substance abuse counseling, rehabilitation counselors 
need to adopt positive attitudes toward the treatability of persons  who
abuse substances in the following areas:
a) awareness
b) relapse
c) workers' compensation
d) all of the above
60. Alcoholism is viewed as a:
a) personal weakness
b) disease
c) sin
d) all of the above
61. A rehabilitation program assessment for people with alcoholism includes:
a) length of sobriety
b) reality orientation
c) employment history and vocational planning    
d) all of the above   
62. Chief among the body's systems that can be physically impaired by
 HIV infection and AIDS are:
a) respiratory
b) musculoskeletal
c) neurological
d) all of the above
63. Hearing losses are usually described as:
a) conductive
b) sensorneural
c) combination of both a) & b)
d) none of the above
64. Ataxia is a form of:
a) speech problems
b) incoordination/staggering gait
c) writhing movements of the arms and legs
d) paralysis
65. People with cerebral palsy are:
a) of lower intelligence
b) wheelchair-bound
c) permanently impaired in some motor functions 
d) all of the above
66. People with cerebral palsy can do the following:
a) use computers
b) accounting
c) control electrical appliances
d) all of the above
67. People with learning disabilities exhibit a disorder in one or more of the basic
psychological processes which may be manifested in disorders of:
a) listening, thinking or talking
b) thinking, reading, writing, or spelling
c) both a) & b)
d) none of the above
68. Learning disabilities can include conditions which have been referred to as:
a) mental retardation
b) perceptual handicaps
c) emotional disturbance
d) motor handicaps
69. Developmental Disabilities include:
a) people with Down Syndrome
b) people with mental retardation
c) epilepsy
d) all of the above
70. Epileptic seizures can always be:
a) stopped with medication    
b) either generalized or focal
c) contagious
d) remembered by the person having a seizure
71. Petit Mal is a type of epilepsy where:
a) the person experiences violent convulsions
b) it is generalized in nature
c) the person has fleeting loss of consciousness
d) none of the above
72. A disease that occurs as a result of degeneration of the myelin sheath is
called:
a) muscular dystrophy
b) myopathy
c) myasthenia gravis
d) multiple sclerosis
73. A person with multiple sclerosis may develop the following as the disease
progresses:
a) slurred speech, weakness in the extremities 
b) emotional instability, mental deterioration or blindness
c) both a) & b)
d) neither a) or b)
74. In muscular dystrophy, the primary disease is in the:
a) nerves
b) blood vessels
c) muscles
d) brain
75. A patient who survives the initial phase of a major stroke may improve
significantly over the next:
a) 12-24 months
b) 3-6 months
c) 1-2 months
d) never
76. Some residuals of a stroke include:
a) speech    
b) visual impairment
c) motor impairment
d) all of the above
77. Some examples of personality disorders are:
a) panic disorders
b) obsessive-compulsive disorders
c) passive-aggressive/passive dependent
d) schizophrenia
78. Personality disorders are characterized as:
a) disturbances of behavior
b) extreme distortions of reality
c) milder in nature than other behavioral disorders
d) disturbances in mood
79. People with psychiatric disabilities should be:
a) protected from potential harassment & abuse from society
b) segregated to protect them
c) integrated voluntarily with people without disabilities
d) cannot work longer than a few weeks
80. Some of the best clinical predictors of future work performance are:
a) person's work adjustment skills in a work-related setting & prior work
    history
b) early diagnosis & hospitalization
c) intelligence & aptitude
d) psychiatric symptomatology & therapy
81. An important distinction between supported employment and traditional
vocational services is the difference between:
a) person's disability & vocational goals
b) the readiness approach and the  support approach
c) the support approach & the disease-oriented approach     
d) none of the above   
82. The main components of supported employment include:
a) marketing
b) job development
c) job matching & job coaching
d) all of the above
83. For people with developmental disabilities, the focus of the workplace
analysis is on the:
a) work environment personalities
b) tasks required
c) social realities
d) physical environment
84. For people with psychiatric disabilities seeking employment, the focus is on:
a) rapid placement with on the job supports
b) assistance with benefits analysis
c) disability awareness and management
d) all of the above
85. The job coaching process will vary greatly based on:
a) work environment
b) work supervisors
c) employees
d) individual needs
86. It is okay to talk about clients served at the Career Resource Center with family
and friends, as long as you don't use their last names.
a) true b) false
87. Persons with psychiatric disabilities are more likely to be aggressive and violent.
a) true b) false
88. Smoking marijuana a few times per week would not indicate a substance abuse
problem.
a) true b) false
89. It's okay to sell AVON or other products to clients who come into the Center.
a) true b) false
90. It's okay to discuss a client's personal issues with them and give them guidance
on personal matters.
a) true b) false
91. Many individuals with psychiatric disabilities have missed out on adjustment
to work because of issues related to their disability.
a) true b) false
92. Extensive assessment is viewed as a "best practice" in helping persons with
severe mental illness obtain employment.
a) true b) false
93. It is better to say the "mentally retarded man" as compared to saying the "man
with mental retardation.
a) true b) false
94. It is okay to say to a person who has blindness "See you later."
a) true b) false
95. People with disabilities want to be treated like everybody else.
a) true b) false
96. When speaking with a person who is deaf, one should direct the conversation
to that person's interpreter/companion.
a) true b) false
97. It is okay to finish sentences or supply words to people who have speech
disorders.
a) true b) false
98. It is impolite to pretend that you understand what someone with a speech
disorder is saying.
a) true b) false
99. When crossing a street, you should just lead the person who has a visual
impairment across the road instead of offering your arm.
a) true b) false
100. If you meet someone who has a guide dog, you should not pet the dog.
a) true b) false
Staff Needs:
General Questions:
Have you received any training about people with disabilities?
yes no
Do you personally know someone with a disability?  If so, what is the disability of
that individual?
yes no
Do you know anything about the following subjects?  Or people with the following
disabilities? (Please circle yes or no below)
ADA Yes No
Blindness Yes No
Deafness Yes No
SSI Yes No
SSDI Yes No
Psychiatric disabilities Yes No
Chemical dependency Yes No
Technology for people with disabilities Yes No
Heart problems Yes No
Hidden disabilities Yes No
Work incentives Yes No