Question

Which of the following demonstrates that disability is a social construct?

Question 13 options:

If all buildings had accessible ramps, people in wheelchairs would be able to enter all buildings

If everyone communicated with sign language then people with hearing difficulties would be able to communicate with relative ease

If all classrooms were designed for multiple learning styles, people with dyslexia could likely learn in any classroom at similar rates to their peers without dyslexia

All of the above

The Medical Model of Disability…

Question 14 options:

States that disability resides in the interaction between the individual and their environment

Is the same as the social model of disability

None of the above

States that disability resides within the individual

Which of the following is a potential consequence of benevolent sexism?

Question 15 options:

It implies that women are strong and can be independent

None of the above

It is associated with severe mental illness

It implies that women are weak and best suited for conventional gender roles

Which of the following is true of “intersex”?

Question 16 options:

It refers to people whose gender identity differs from what is typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth

It refers to people who are not heterosexual

It refers to people who are born with genitals that do not match traditional notions of “male” or “female” genitals

It is another term for transgender

Answer 1

13. (d) All of the above.

Disability cannot be defined only on biomedical terms as there may be social arrangements and expectations that play a large part in disability.

14. (d) Medical Model holds scientific values and evidence that the disability is a problem residing within the individual.

15. (d) Benevolent sexism serves men to maintain a positive and strong self while reducing women's resistance to patriarchy.

16. (a) Inersext in a general term used to refers to people whose gender identity differs from what is typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.