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Who founded the Special Olympics?

Which country was the first to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?

Down syndrome is caused when someone has an extra copy of which chromosome?

Which of the following is true about inclusive employment?

Which of the following is NOT a task that service dogs are trained to provide?

The first public school for deaf students was founded in

Canada’s most successful Paralympic athlete, Michael Edgson, won how many Paralympic gold medals

Males are more likely than females to have a developmental disability, but females are more likely to have a physical disability

The ___model of disability maintains that disability is the result of limitations enforced by society.

Do most countries have a higher rate of disability among urban or rural populations?

As of 2020, the country with the highest reported rate of disability according to the UN Statistics Division is

Canadian George Klein invented the first electric wheelchair in which year?

The American musician Prince is known to have had

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted in

Research suggests that the factor most strongly tied to whether a person with a disability votes is

A curb cut is

Blind or hard of vision persons can be aided in reading from a computer by a program known as a

Which of the following is NOT true about sign language?

Which Paralympic sport is nicknamed ‘Murderball’ due to its intense physicality?

Which of the following is NOT a Paralympic sport?

The renowned physicist Stephen Hawking had which condition?

Lou Gehrig’s disease is another term for which of the following

A Snoezelen room is

Which of the following boosts the reading comprehension of persons with developmental disabilities?

The colour of awareness for epilepsy is

In BC’s teacher schools, teachers-to-be are required to complete a course on educating special needs students

How many people in the world have a disability?

Roughly how many adult Canadians have a disability?

Article 29 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities specifically addresses the right to

Discrimination or prejudice against persons with disabilities is called

Inclusively educating students in mainstream classrooms has which of the following effects (check all which apply)

American rock musician John Mellencamp was born with which of the following

The most widely recognized colour for cerebral palsy awareness is

Disability refers only to conditions that are permanent

Persons with autism often struggle socially because

The most successful Paralympic athlete ever, Trischa Zorn, won how many Paralympic gold medals?

Indigenous persons are more likely to have a disability than non-Indigenous persons

Disability simulations are universally accepted as a good method to demonstrate how it feels to have a disability

Sheltered employment, in which persons with disabilities are employed and work separately from non-disabled employees, has proven more beneficial to these employees and to the company than open employment has.

The country with the most disabled persons is

In Roman culture, blindness and partial sight were

Peer tutoring and collaborative learning assignments are both effective methods of educating special needs students in mainstream classes

The first Paralympic Games occurred in what year?

The first Special Olympics were held in what year?

Erb's palsy is a condition in which

Fragile-X syndrome is a condition in which

In My Left Foot, actor Daniel Day-Lewis portrays Christy Brown, an Irish writer and painter who had

Disabling humour makes fun of disabled persons; disability humour enlightens and highlights the role of socially imposed barriers

Those who take the ___ approach believe that children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing should be taught through the use of residual hearing, speech, and speechreading rather than sign laguage.

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities happens on which day each year?

Closed captions and subtitles are different terms for the same thing

When were the first BC Special Olympics held?

Which of the following characterized the state of education for disabled students in Canada in the 1950s?

The Accessible Canada Act is also known as

When did the Accessible Canada Act come into force?

Most Canadians with a disability were born with that disability

In Canada, the highest rate of disability is observed in which of the following age ranges

In Canada, which age range has the most number of persons with a disability?

Educating students with disabilities alongside the general student population is inclusive education

The most commonly used sign language in Canada's francophone communities is

Which of the following have been identified as strengths of persons with autism?

In many Indigenous cultures, disability is viewed as

Job candidates are not required to disclose a disability unless

Which of the following is the International Symbol of Access?

Walter Harris Callow, a blind Canadian, invented the world's first

In 2018, Canada had the world's highest rate of

The most commonly used sign language in Nunavut is Inuit Sign Language

The world's first school for service dogs was opened in

What is Prader-Willi syndrome?

What is a teratogen?

Which of the following is one of the leading advocacy organizations for persons with intellectual disabilities?

Which of the following movies featured a main character with a disability?

Which of these conditions can be reliably diagnosed earliest?

The average age of autism diagnosis in the USA and Canada is roughly

The world's most common chromosomal condition is

Which of the following is the Special Olympics flag?

Men are more susceptible to strokes than women are

Each year more men than women have a stroke

How many people in the world have a stroke each year?

What is a teletypewriter (TTY)?

Tetraplegia and quadriplegia are different words for the same thing

One common sign of this condition is constant laughing or smiling for no apparent reason

Which of the following helps with website accessibility?

Brain surgery is considered a safe and effective treatment for epilepsy

Which of the following scenarios depicts an absence seizure?

All seizures involve convulsions (shaking)

What is the difference between a generalized seizure and a partial or focal seizure?

After a brain injury, Jerome is paralyzed on the right side of his body, but not the left. This is an example of

What is hippotherapy?

The term 'autism' was coined by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, who first used it in reference to what is now called

Albinsm, a condition characterized by a loss of the body's pigment, is associated with

According to the World Health Organization, what percentage of the world's disabled population cannot afford healthcare?

The ___ model of disability maintains that disabilities are part of one’s physical body.

Those promoting a ___ approach to teaching deaf children believe the deaf should be taught through the use of signed languages.

Where was Braille, the predominant form of written language for blind persons, invented?

What is the name for the walking stick used by many visually impaired persons?

Despite being born with only one hand, Jim Abbott became an Olympic gold medal winner and professional standout in which of the following sports

Which of the following conditions is associated with extremely tall height and skinny limbs?

Which of the following is an example of people-first language?

Which of the following is an example of identity-first language?

John Milton, author of the epic poem 'Paradise Lost', had which disability?

Which of the following artists had a disability?

Record of the world's first prosthetic limb dates back to around

The former Mayor of Vancouver, Sam Sullivan, has what condition?

What is an occupational therapist?

Donald Triplett is notable for being

The first guide dog in North America was a German Shepard named

The world's oldest existing guide dog school is

Which of the following is an example of dysarthria?

Toni struggles to tie her shoe after experiencing a brain injury. This is an example of

The average age of onset for Parkinson's disease is roughly

Musicians Ozzy Osbourne and Neil Diamond were both diagnosed with

What is the world's most common neurodegenerative disorder?

Alzheimer's and dementia are different terms for the same thing

Television host Montel Williams has which condition

Which of these people discovered Alzheimer's?

What percent of speech can be understood through lip reading?

Which of the following is an example of echolalia in an autistic child?

Which of these doctors was the first to fully describe Down syndrome?

Though not a medical professional, it was the ancient Greek philosopher Hippocrates who first correctly linked this condition to brain activity

What is home sign?

The first hearing aids took the form of

Records suggest that the first wheelchairs may have been used thousands of years ago in

Nearly all cases of spinal cord injury are caused by physical trauma

45, X and 45, XO are two other names for which condition?

April 2nd of each year is

The leading character of this movie has a disability

Being extremely friendly and overly social are characteristics of this condition

The founder of this organization had a disability

In 1995 Heather Whitestone became the first ____ Ms. America

This famous inventor was hard of hearing from birth, and technically deaf by his teenage years

Where was the first Special Olympics held?

The most common form of muscular dystrophy is

Down syndrome occurs in ____ babies

Which of the following best describes fibromyalgia?

What is scoliosis?

90 percent of the world's blind population live in developing countries

Which of the following are females more likely to have than males?

Which of the following is the leading cause of blindness?

If someone is having a seizure you should give them a sip of water

Actor Christopher Reeve acquired a spinal cord injury