Exam 14: Social Welfare and People With Disabilities

Which of the following has policies,practices,and strategies that support the belief that employment is the desired outcome for people with disabilities and that the focus should be on helping participants reach their full work potential?

Which of the following scenarios describes the statistical difference between disabilities in the male and female senior populations?

Under the In Unison initiatives,Canadian governments aim to help people with a disability become fully integrated into society by way of three categories of supports or building blocks.What are those three building blocks?

The federal government's Canada Pension Plan Disability Program ensures a rapid reinstatement of benefits to people who try to work,but then have to quit their job for a specific reason.What is that reason?

You're at a community meeting and the presenting concern is the growing number of citizens in your community with disabilities.Over and over again you hear the following type of statement: "Our goal should be to help them fit in as normally as possible." Which perspective would best describe this statement?

What percentage of Canadian adults have a severe disability?

From an impairment perspective,where is the cause of a disability found?

Which of the following scenarios describes an episodic disability?

The popularity of eugenics at the turn of the twentieth century was accompanied by which view regarding people with a mental disability?

Which of the following influential documents predated the enactment of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

In 1981,the Parliamentary Special Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped released a ground-breaking report that called attention to the barriers that were preventing people with disabilities from accessing community resources and opportunities.What is the name of this report?

Today,a disability is defined not so much by a person's physical or mental impairment but by which of the following?

The evolution of social work practice within the disability community parallels the transition from segregation to mainstreaming.Which term describes the full participation of people with disabilities in school,work,social,and other activities,and their enjoyment of the same rights and privileges as Canadians without disabilities?

When the term accommodation is used in a disability context,what does it usually refer to?

When compared to parents of children with mild-to-moderate disabilities,what are parents of severely disabled children less likely to be satisfied with?