Chapter 8: Disability, Ableism, and Ageism

Question 1

The extent to which family or society has the available economic resources

Answer 1

Economic security

Question 2

A disqualification, restriction, or disadvantage; a limitation in the ability to pursue am occupation because of a physical or mental impairment

Answer 2

Disability

Question 3

A model in which disability or illness occurs as the result of a physical or mental condition

Answer 3

Biomedical model

Question 4

Focus is on societal barriers and biases against people with disabilities, not on the person, the disability, or the medical condition itself

Answer 4

Social model

Question 5

Individual’s diagnosis, disease, injury, condition, or illness

Answer 5

Pathology

Question 6

Individual’s dysfunction or structural abnormalities in a specific body system

Answer 6

Impairments

Question 7

Individual’s ability to perform daily or life activities

Answer 7

Functional limitations

Question 8

Individual’s difficulty in doing basic activities

Answer 8

Disability

Question 9

Strategies such as effective medical and rehabilitative care, caregiver support, adaptive/assistive dives, social service programs, and structural or architectural modifications

Answer 9

Extraindividual intervention

Question 10

Strategies such as lifestyle and behavior changes, psychological attributes, coping strategies, and activity accommodations that help the person maintain independence for as long as possible

Answer 10

Intraindividual intervention

Question 11

Two or more permanent injuries to the body that result in physical, cognitive, psychological, or psychosocial impairment and functional disability

Answer 11

Polytrauma

Question 12

Social attitudes, rehabilitation and counseling practices, and policies that favor individuals who have or are perceived as having full physical and mental health abilities

Answer 12

Ableism

Question 13

U.S. government established a formal program of training and counseling for U.S. veterans

Answer 13

Soldier Rehabilitation Act

Question 14

Act granted funds to states to implement programs that addressed the needs of ordinary citizens with disabilities

Answer 14

Civilian Rehabilitation Act

Question 15

Authorized federal monies to states to educate “deprived” children, including children with disabilities

Answer 15

Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965

Question 16

Goal of helping children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, as well as providing early intervention programs for children with disabilities from birth to age 3 years and special-education preschool programs for children with disabilities who are ages 3 to 5 years

Answer 16

Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975

Question 17

Introduced a number of new provisions to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act related to the education of children with disabilities

Answer 17

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

Question 18

Protedts the rights of people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination in employment, public accommodations, government services, some communication services, and public and private transportation systems

Answer 18

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Question 19

Views individuals as having value and worth ,rather than as being deviant or pathological

Answer 19

Disability-affiramtive counseling

Question 20

Individuals who were born between the years 1946 and 1964

Answer 20

Baby boomers

Question 21

The assumption that chronological age is the main determinant of human characteristics and that one age is better than another

Answer 21

Ageism

Question 22

Discrimination against young people and children

Answer 22

Adultism

Question 23

Denying a job or promotion to an individual solely on the basis of age; illegal in the U.S.

Answer 23

Age discrimination

Question 24

Protects workers over 40 years of age

Answer 24

U.S. Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1986

Question 25

Protect the rights of older people

Answer 25

Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006

Question 26

A counselor who provides counseling services to elderly clients and their families faded with changing lifestyles as they grow older

Answer 26

Gerontological counselor

Question 27

Include competence statements that were prepared to assist counselor educators in developing curricula and other training experiences to ensure adequate preparation of counselors in gerontological issues

Answer 27

ACA gerontological competencies

Question 28

The avoidance of disease and disability, the maintenance of cognitive and physical function, and sustained engagement with life

Answer 28

Successful aging