Chapter 11 Practice Quiz

Disability and Social Work Practice 

. Where did provision of care for persons with impairments begin?

. How does the Disability Tax Credit define disability?

. Which of the following is NOT an assumption of the social model of disability?

. Which province/territory once introduced legislation that allowed for the sterilization of persons with developmental disabilities on a case-by-case basis?

. When were persons with disabilities moved from custodial institutions to units in hospitals?

. Which of the following is NOT a principle of the Independent Living movement?

. What would disqualify a person from eligibility for the disability benefit of the Canada Pension Plan?

. When did Canada ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?

. What is Jordan's Principle?

. Which organizations often receive government grants to function, but are managed independently?

. Which of the following is common to the definitions of disability used by both Statistics Canada and the CRA?

. The social model of disability emerged to ________.

. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health is founded on ________.

. The Canadian Survey on Disability includes ________.

. The Supreme Court of Canada's Eve decision resulted in which ruling?

. Canada has one unified definition of what constitutes a disability.

. The social model of disability distinguishes between disability and impairment.

. The social model of disability focuses on how intersecting identities impact experiences of disability.

. According to the World Health Organization's classification system, disability is an umbrella term for a phenomenon that is both biological and social.

. According to the World Health Organization's classification system for disabilities, juvenile diabetes restricts one's activity due to difficulties in grasping objects.

. If an organization requires a diagnosis for service delivery, it is taking a categorical approach to disability.

. One benefit to the functional approach to disability is that it simplifies and standardizes service provision.

. The Canadian Survey on Disability focuses on individuals living in institutions and on First Nations reserves.

. In the nineteenth century, asylums that housed persons with disabilities could have up to 3,000 residents.

. The Council of Canadians with Disabilities tackles disability issues such as transportation and universal design from a human rights approach.

. Statistics Canada uses a broad definition of disability.

. The influence of the medical model of disability persists today.

. According to the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability, 22.3 per cent of Canadians are living with a disability.

. More Canadian women report an activity limitation than do men.

. Non-consensual sterilization is legal in some parts of Canada.

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