Deck 19: Family and Disablement in Adulthood

Question 1

Which of the following is true about the educational experiences of adults living with disabling conditions?

A) People with low self-expectations or negative experiences in childhood educational settings usually can regroup and often seek further education as adults.
B) People with negative experiences in educational settings may choose to leave school early, and this decision can have a lasting negative impact on adult lifestyles.
C) People with lifelong disabilities often have educational achievements consistent with their abilities. This is not true of people with acquired disabilities.
D) People with disabling conditions are unlikely to be successful in higher education settings, so the focus of therapy support should be on ADL, IADL, and leisure participation.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

People who did not receive strong behavioral support in childhood and those who need but do not have access to ongoing behavioral support as adults are likely to be well supported in traditional community integration programs.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

When people cannot aspire to independence in the performance of daily occupations, the focus changes to consider:

A) How they can qualify for the highest level of welfare payment to have a comfortable lifestyle
B) How they may control their destiny with as little assistance from others as possible.
C) At what point they should permanently settle in a residential care facility
D) All of these

Answer 3

B

Question 4

All of the following are true of acquired disability in adulthood EXCEPT:

A) They change your priorities and your worldview.
B) They impact and change your self-concept.
C) The impact is cumulative over time.
D) They result in a low motivation to succeed.

Question 5

"I choose not to fire the aide who was stealing from me, because I need her assistance. Last time I tried to hire an aide, there was not one available for more than three months and I had to go into a nursing home. This aide has a key to my home and knows all of my routines. If I fire her, I not only risk going back to the nursing home but also I risk her retaliation." This is a story about:

A) Deinstitutionalization
B) The sandwich generation
C) Self-determination
D) Domestic violence

Question 6

During conversation with your client's family, they express that they will not consider nursing home placement and that having mom move in with them is out of the question. You are concerned as mom is unable to live on her own safely and needs help with all IADLs. A reasonable solution to this dilemma would be:

A) To let her go home alone and hope that it works
B) A temporary "cottage" designed for the elderly that can be placed on the family's property
C) To call the domestic violence hotline and report the family for neglect
D) Nursing home placement (no other alternative exists)

Question 7

Public policy and initiative supporting accessibility in public places such as parks, theaters, and recreational facilities:

A) Is unnecessary because people with disabilities have access to leisure opportunities that nondisabled people have
B) Is nice, but not necessary because people with disabilities understand that it would cost a lot to include them
C) Is essential to supporting healthy adult lifestyles and should be advocated for by all people, including therapists working with people with disabling conditions
D) Is excessive and a waste of taxpayer money, as people with disabilities already have access to a free and appropriate public education

Question 8

All of the following statements about the disability rights movement are true EXCEPT:

A) It is an organized political movement aimed at establishing the right for people with disabilities to develop and dwell in segregated communities where they will have peers with disabilities and can exclude nondisabled residents.
B) It is a social action movement to raise public awareness and secure equal opportunities and rights for people with disabilities.
C) A movement for people with physical disabilities, in which accessibility and safety are primary issues to reform.
D) Advocates for the rights of people with cognitive and mental disabilities have focused mainly on self-determination, self-advocacy, and access to housing where individuals can live independently.

Question 9

Whether the disability is visible or invisible matters because it influences the social reaction to how the person's limitations are perceived.

Question 10

Disability acquired in young adulthood is likely:

A) To threaten career and relationship dreams
B) To have little impact as young adults are already established in their intimacy roles
C) To be accepted calmly as an ordinary life event
D) All of these