DISABILITIES QUIZ

Produced by Sister Pat McGrath Members with Disabilities Action Committee (MDAC) Dec.03, 2002

Are the following questions TRUE or FALSE?

1. Blind people have better hearing then sighted people?



2. American Sign Language (ASL) used by the deaf is a real language?



3. Paraplegics often experience mental health problems?



4. A paraplegic possessing marketable job skills is often denied employment?



5. Multiple Sclerosis is a form of mental illness?



6. People with cerebral palsy rarely live beyond the age of 40?



7. Persons who are mentally challenged are mentally ill?



8. People who have epilepsy are a danger in the workplace?



9. Employees with disabilities tend to have a high rate of absenteeism from work?



10. Persons who are blind have a high rate of on-the-job accidents?



11. Persons who are deaf make excellent employees in a noisy environment?



12. For persons who are deaf, many consider this as cultural lifestyle vice a disability?



13. Multiple Sclerosis is a contagious disease?



14. Cerebral Palsy is a progressive condition?



15. It's expensive to hire people with disabilities?



16. Persons with AIDS or who have tested HIV positive cannot work in a children's day care because they pose a safety risk?



17. Workers with disabilities often need extra help from co-workers to do their job?



18. If a person who is hard of hearing wants to hear better, they'd wear a hearing aid?



19. Job accommodation for special needs applies only to persons with disabilities?



20. Alcohol and/or drug dependency are disabilities?