Environmental Issues

Question 1

This quote is from Dorothea Dix’s testimony before the Massachusetts legislature. What was the purpose of her testimony?

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call attention to the inhumane or poor treatment of the mentally ill

Question 2

2. created support and empowerment for people with disabilities and provided them with training in independent living skills.

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Independent living facilities

Question 3

According to the graph, which states sterilized the most people through 1940?

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California and Virginia

Question 4

After World War I, the federal government took this stance in regard to veterans with disabilities.

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provided training to help them find jobs

Question 5

How did the Kennedys help people with disabilities?Select all that apply.

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started the Special Olympics; created a Panel on Mental Retardation; increased public awareness of disabilities

Question 6

Which of the following are the key components of the concept of “normalization”?Select all that apply.

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acceptance of people with disabilities; access to the same conditions of life as people without disabilities

Question 7

What did the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 guarantee people with disabilities?Select all that apply.

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equal treatment at all levels of society; equal employment opportunities; equal access to public accommodations

Question 8

Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.1. The disability rights movement helped promote , which released people with disabilities from institutions.

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deinstitutionalization

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