Deck 14: Social Welfare and People With Disabilities

Question 1

The popularity of eugenics at the turn of the twentieth century was accompanied by which view regarding people with a mental disability?

A)They were more intelligent than people who weren't disabled.
B)They were a danger to themselves and to others.
C)They were capable of living independently in the community.
D)They were good candidates for being rehabilitated and contributing to society.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following describes the disability rate among Aboriginal peoples?

A)It is almost twice that of non-Aboriginal Canadians.
B)It is three times greater than non-Aboriginal Canadians.
C)Almost one-quarter of registered First Nations people have a disability.
D)First Nations children are three times as likely as other Canadian children to have a disability.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Approximately what percent of Canadians have a disability?

A)6 percent
B)11 percent
C)14 percent
D)18 percent

Answer 3

C

Question 4

You're at a community meeting and the presenting concern is the growing number of citizens in your community with disabilities.Over and over again you hear the following type of statement: "Our goal should be to help them fit in as normally as possible." Which perspective would best describe this statement?

A)ecological perspective
B)functional limitations perspective
C)impairment perspective
D)anti-oppressive perspective

Question 5

Approximately what percent of adults with disabilities have multiple disabilities?

A)almost 52 percent
B)almost 62 percent
C)almost 72 percent
D)almost 82 percent

Question 6

What was the primary aim of the disability rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s?

A)to ensure that people with disabilities had equal rights and opportunities
B)to ensure that people with disabilities could access the rehabilitation programs they needed
C)to ensure that people with disabilities could find employment in sheltered workshops
D)to ensure that people with disabilities received the proper institutional care

Question 7

The functional limitations perspective of disability recognizes which of the following points of view?

A)Disability is a problem.
B)Disability is biologically based.
C)There is an interaction between body and mind.
D)Disabilities are the result of poor parenting and prenatal care.

Question 8

What percentage of women in Canada have a disability?

A)5 percent
B)10 percent
C)15 percent
D)20 percent

Question 9

Which of the following scenarios describes the statistical difference between disabilities in the male and female senior populations?

A)Elderly women are more likely than their male counterparts to have a disability,at 43 percent.
B)Elderly men are more likely than their female counterparts to have a disability,at 43 percent.
C)Elderly women are more likely than their male counterparts to have a disability,at 63 percent.
D)Elderly men are more likely than their female counterparts to have a disability,at 63 percent.

Question 10

What percentage of Canadian adults have a severe disability?

A)3 percent
B)6 percent
C)9 percent
D)12 percent

Question 11

Which age group has the highest rate of disability in Canada?

A)young adults
B)middle-aged adults
C)seniors
D)children under age six

Question 12

When compared to parents of children with mild-to-moderate disabilities,what are parents of severely disabled children less likely to be satisfied with?

A)their spouse or partner
B)their job
C)their own health
D)their family

Question 13

From an impairment perspective,where is the cause of a disability found?

A)the environment
B)political structures of society
C)a person's biology
D)sociological structures of society

Question 14

Which perspectives would assume a disability is a biologically based illness or problem that originates in a person's mind or body?

A)person-environment perspective
B)impairment perspective
C)ecological perspective
D)functional limitation perspective

Question 15

You're at a city council meeting and the agenda item is the growing number of citizens in your community with disabilities.Many councilors raise a similar statement that essentially is: "The emphasis is on the costs to care for those with disability because of the loss of productivity,and their diminished social role.Which perspective would best describe this statement?

A)ecological perspective
B)functional limitations perspective
C)impairment perspective
D)anti-oppressive perspective

Question 16

In 2001,the World Health Organization created the International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health (ICF).What was a focal point of this document?

A)To shift the world's focus on disability from the medical or biological cause of disability to the impact of society's response to disability.
B)To shift the world's focus on disability from a biological cause to the psychological perspective.
C)To single out countries whose laws discriminated against those with disabilities.
D)To advocate for a psychiatric emphasis when disability legislation was enacted.

Question 17

Among First Nations children,what are the two most common disabling conditions?

A)asthma and allergies
B)asthma and diabetes
C)asthma and attention deficit disorder
D)asthma and autism

Question 18

Which of the following describes the two most common disabilities children have?

A)asthma and learning disabilities
B)attention deficit disorder and autism
C)asthma and autism
D)attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities

Question 19

Today,a disability is defined not so much by a person's physical or mental impairment but by which of the following?

A)a person with a disability's ability to accept their impairment
B)a society's ability to accept differences between people
C)a person with a disability's ability to fit into society
D)a society's ability to ensure equal access to mainstream resources

Question 20

For most families that have a child with a disability,what poses the greatest challenge?

A)the severity of that disability
B)the reaction from others in the community
C)the lack of support by the school system
D)the child's frustration and other difficult emotions

Question 21

The federal government's Canada Pension Plan Disability Program ensures a rapid reinstatement of benefits to people who try to work,but then have to quit their job for a specific reason.What is that reason?

A)they are discriminated against by the management
B)their disability prevents them from working
C)they get pregnant
D)the workplace is unable to offer the necessary accommodations

Question 22

In 1981,the Parliamentary Special Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped released a ground-breaking report that called attention to the barriers that were preventing people with disabilities from accessing community resources and opportunities.What is the name of this report?

A)Barriers to Opportunity
B)In Unison
C)Obstacles
D)Mainstream 1981

Question 23

In Canada,to facilitate the full inclusion of deaf women in the political,social,cultural,and economic aspects of society,the Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD)launched a new project.Please identify the name of that project,and its objectives.

Question 24

Which of the following has policies,practices,and strategies that support the belief that employment is the desired outcome for people with disabilities and that the focus should be on helping participants reach their full work potential?

A)Employment First
B)school-to-work transitions
C)workplace accommodations
D)earnings replacement

Question 25

Most social welfare programs for people with disabilities are based on one of three perspectives: (i)impairment perspective (I);(ii)functional limitations perspective (F);and (iii)ecological perspective (E).Each perspective has its own focus and theory on the cause of disability.For each statement below,indicate which perspective it best describes.Enter I,F,or E in the space provided.
a)Since the mid-1990s this model gained popularity over other perspectives._____
b)This perspective generally disregards the role that social or economic factors can play in the disability experience._____
c)According to this perspective,people with disabilities may be considered defective._____
d)From this perspective,a person's experience of disablement may very well be the result of discrimination against people with disabilities._____
e)This perspective tends to focus on the ways that disability impacts the non-medical aspects of a person's life._____
f)This perspective places importance on how people perceive and react to the challenges faced by persons with disabilities._____

Question 26

Which of the following scenarios describes an episodic disability?

A)Samantha: a six-year-old aboriginal child who was recently diagnosed with asthma
B)Jordan: a thirty-two-year-old male who was recently diagnosed with HIV
C)Mark: a ten-year-old boy who has been playing soccer for the past six months despite his diagnosis of ADHD
D)Helen: an eighty-one-year-old grandmother who has been diagnose with diabetes.

Question 27

Which of the following influential documents predated the enactment of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

A)Improving Social Security in Canada
B)In Unison: A Canadian Approach to Disability Issues
C)Mainstream
D)Obstacles

Question 28

Under the In Unison initiatives,Canadian governments aim to help people with a disability become fully integrated into society by way of three categories of supports or building blocks.What are those three building blocks?

Question 29

In 1996,the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services identified people with disabilities as a national priority.Two years later,the first ministers released a document that outlined their shared vision and goals for the full citizenship for people with disabilities.What is the name of that document?

A)Obstacles: A Canadian Approach to Disability Issues
B)Mainstream 1998: A Canadian Approach to Disability Issues
C)In Unison: A Canadian Approach to Disability Issues
D)Disability Report on Empowerment: A Canadian Approach to Disability Issues

Question 30

Several groups have worked to promote the deinstitutionalization process,and the efforts of these groups culminated in various social movements.Identify and describe them.

Question 31

The evolution of social work practice within the disability community parallels the transition from segregation to mainstreaming.Which term describes the full participation of people with disabilities in school,work,social,and other activities,and their enjoyment of the same rights and privileges as Canadians without disabilities?

A)open house concept
B)assimilation
C)inclusion
D)anti-oppressive

Question 32

When the term accommodation is used in a disability context,what does it usually refer to?
a)group homes for people with disabilities
b)the practice of modifying the environment to the needs of a person with a disability
c)a method of treatment used by rehabilitation teams in the early twentieth century
d)the practice of warehousing people with disabilities

Question 33

Following the release of Obstacles,the rights of people with disabilities were included in what important document?

A)The Canadian Bill of Rights
B)The United Nations Disabled Person's Human Rights document
C)The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
D)The Status of Disabled Person's Rights Manual

Question 34

Until what decade did the social work practice focus on the medical,concentrating primarily on the physical care of people with disabilities in institutional settings?

A)the 60s
B)the 70s
C)the 80s
D)the 90s

Question 35

Deinstitutionalization and the movement toward inclusion,independence,and self-determination have supported the creation of various living options for people with disabilities.Six housing options for people with disabilities are described in the text.These are: group homes (GH);cluster housing (CH);supported living (SL);semi-independent living (SIL);family model home (FMH);and family home (FH).For each statement below,indicate which housing option it best reflects;put GH,CH,SL,SIL,FMH,or FH in the space provided.
a)In this situation,an individual has an independent living space as well as the assistance of supports (such as help with meal preparation)when/if needed._____
b)In this type of housing,paid staff provides support to the residents in terms of personal care,meal preparation,and other tasks of daily living._____
c)In this case,a person lives in a detached house or apartment either alone or with a spouse or roommate._____
d)People living in this housing option live independently,and receive support from a family member._____
e)Another name for this living situation is foster care._____
f)This type of housing allows individuals to live independently and yet close to each other in small villages that are separate from the larger community._____