Deck 22: Counseling Individuals With Disabilities

Question 1

Approximately how many individuals in the United States have some level of a disability?

A) 7 million
B) 12 million
C) 21 million
D) 57 million

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In the United States, the rates of disability are higher among African Americans as compared to non-Hispanic Whites or American Indian and Alaska Native groups.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The greatest impediment to people with disabilities are _____________ ________________ and ____________________.

Answer 3

negative attitudes; stereotypes

Question 4

Explore why many struggle with knowing how to respond or address someone with a disability. As a professional, how can you serve to improve this phenomenon?

Question 5

Which of the following are myths about the disabled?

A) The majority of the disabled are wheelchair bound.
B) Those who are disabilities are a drain on the economy.
C) Employees with disabilities have a higher absentee rate than employees without disabilities.
D) The greatest barriers to people with disabilities are physical ones.
E) Persons who have disabilities are brave and courageous.
F) All of the choices are correct.

Question 6

Individuals with physical disabilities have the highest rates of unemployment of all disability groups.

Question 7

Children with disabilities are more likely to suffer from maltreatment such as __________ and __________ abuse and ____________.

Question 8

How does the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) define disability? What are some of the similarities and differences of these types of disabilities?

Question 9

Counselors can address their discomfort with disabilities in clients by

A) emphasizing the individual rather than the limitation
B) getting specific information about disabilities through many resources
C) avoiding the use of phrases such as "afflicted with" or "a victim of"
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 10

Terms such as retarded, lame, or crazy are not prejudicial.

Question 11

Mental health professionals may need to serve as ____________ or ______________ to initiate changes in academic and work settings.

Question 12

Why would a counselor explore spiritual factors with a person who has a disability?

Question 13

Approximately _____ of students enrolled in postsecondary educational institutions have some form of disability:

A) 25 percent
B) 9 percent
C) 37 percent
D) 68 percent

Question 14

Errors of omission may occur if counselors fail to address sexual concerns of persons with disabilities.

Question 15

The __________ ___________ of disability assumes that disability results from societal failure to accommodate individual differences.

Question 16

What are some coping strategies counselors can help foster in clients with disabilities?

Question 17

The moral model of disability

A) focuses on the disability as a "defect" representing a moral lapse
B) states that it is moral for those with disabilities to help others with disabilities
C) provides moral guidelines for caretakers of those with disabilities to follow
D) is paramount for those who have a disability

Question 18

"The disability represents a defect that resides in the individual and action is taken to rehabilitate that condition" is a description of which type of model of disability?

A) minority model
B) medical model
C) morality model
D) Mitchell model

Question 19

A ____________-____________ approach has been found to increase self-efficacy among family members and improved their ability to cope with stress.

Question 20

Religion and spirituality are generally not connected with increased life satisfaction and functional ability for individuals with traumatic brain injuries because oftentimes these individuals are angry with God.

Question 21

Which of the following are things to remember when interacting with an individual who has a speech impediment?

A) Allow the individual to finish speaking before you speak.
B) Face the individual and give full eye contact.
C) Pretend you understand even if you do not.
D) a and b

Question 22

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers are not allowed to inquire about a candidates' ability to perform the job as well as their disability.