Exam 17: Disability and Social Inequality Over the Life Course

It is hard to determine whether disability affects economic security or whether economic security affects the chances of experiencing a disability. Discuss examples for both the former and latter.

The World Health Organization conceptualizes people with disabilities as less capable of meeting organizational demands.

According to the cultural approach to disabilities in anthropology, dominant social groups are portrayed as "normal" in cultural representations found in the media, in the prevailing ideology, and in the values and actions of policymakers.

Social models of disability point to the need to distinguish which two aspects?

What is reasonable accommodation? How does it apply to discrimination in the workplace?

Children who are selected for special education and removed from the regular classroom, and/or tracked into differentiated curricula often face __________.

Figure 17.4 shows that the income gap between persons with and persons without disabilities grows as __________.

The "personal tragedy theory" implies that responsibility and accountability for disabilities lie with the individual.

The duration of impairment is important in disability studies because it represents the point of entry into disabling social institutions and culture.

The "personal tragedy theory" cultivates an image of suffering, passivity, and dependence in which people with disabilities must rely on personal social networks and state assistance.

What is the World Health Organization's conceptualization of "disability"?

The cultural and the Marxian approach to disability differ in whether the mode of production influences cultural representations of disability or vice-versa.

Which of the following is not typically associated with individual level interpretations of disability?

How is disability measured? Who is more likely to experience a disability?

Accommodations for those with disabilities must be provided by employers in all cases, regardless of cost or impact.

What principle suggests that the same event can affect individuals differently and can change the meaning of the event, depending on when it occurs in history and in the individual life course?

One consequence of the shift from the rural-based cooperative system of production to the urban factory-based system was that people with impairments __________.

The shift to a social model of disability first appeared in 1982 with the United Nations establishment of international policy guidelines.

Summarize the life course perspective as it pertains to disabilities. What three major themes are highlighted by this approach?

Which of the following characterizes a life course perspective?