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Independent Living Test: History of the Independent Living Movement

1. People with disabilities have the same rights, options, and choices as non-disabled people?

True
False

2. Name the movement that first influenced the disability rights movement.

Deinstitutionalization and the Civil Rights movement

Self-Help and Self-Directed Movement

Social and Political movement

3. What is the Atlantis Community?

An underwater colony for independent living

A model for community-based, consumer-controlled, independent living

A nursing home

4. What does the acronym ADAPT stand for today?

American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit

American Disabled for Attendant Programs

None of the above

5. Who was considered to be the father of the independent living movement?

Ed Roberts

Justin Dart

Wade Blank

6. What were the "rolling quads"?

Police officers who tried to stop the Independent Living movement

Wheelchair users who took part in the disability movement

Politicians trying to prove a point

7. Where was the first center for independent living?

Berkeley, California

Berkeley, Oregon

Berkeley, Washington

8. The Rehabilitation Act finally became law in what year?

1972

1973

1974

9. The ADA provides civil rights protection for people with disabilities. What does ADA stands for?

American Dental Association

American's with Disabilities Act

American Dietetic Association

10. Which President signed the ADA into law?

George Bush

Ronald W. Regan

Jimmy Carter

11. Who is considered to be the Martin Luther King of the disability rights movement?

Max Starkloff

Justin Dart, Jr.

Joseph Califano

12. Who are considered to be the Mothers of the ADA?

Liz Savage and Pat Wright

Gina McDonald and Marca Bristo

Judy Heumann and Laura Bush

13. MiCASSA is national legislation concerning:

Accessible public transportation

Housing rights

Attendant Services


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