Disability Double Dare
Ziggi | Feb 04, 2007 | Comments 17
So you’re with it when it comes to disability etiquette and awareness? Then I have a double dare for you-
Go take this insanely easy Action Awareness Quiz on Disability?
After you take the quiz come back and post your score in the comments section.
The Quiz-
15 easy questions on disability.
The Rules-
There are none.
The Prizes-
There are none of those either.
Filed Under: General
That went well. I got a 93% on the quiz! I did much better than I anticipated.
Oh! I think I need to brush up on this a little bit. A very embarassing 80%.
Thanks for the quiz. However, you seem to be using an old-fashioned medicalised understanding of disability – so I reckon my one “wrong” answer was probably calling us “disabled people” rather than “people with disabilities”. Think about where the problem lies with that second way of saying it – and therefore what kind of solutions are likely to be offered. Ashley treatment, anyone?
Response from Ziggi
Wording can be difficult and does not necessarily reflect acceptance of any one type of philosophy over an other one. For those less initiated in these matters the medical model presents an easier concept to grasp and can be used as a stepping stone into the more complex social concepts.
It is a difficult or almost impossible situation. The number of models and associated model languages pertaining to disability are more numerous than my “old-fashioned” or your younger 1960’s one. I can think of 7 or 8 that include Social, medical, economic, religious, etc. My personal preference is the Social Adapted Model since it presents the best of both worlds.
For the record- I am very much in agreement with the social concepts on disability.
Let me invite you to submit a few true/false or a single answer multiple choice questions for inclusion in the quiz. You can forward the questions and answers directly to me at ziggi@usatechguide.org. It would certainly help with diversity.
14/15.
I’m guessing the one I got wrong was the one about which action did not stigmatize people with disabilities – I am either fairly clueless or the question was very poorly written, because I honestly could not understand what was being asked.
Hmm, I’ll take a look at that one and get a rewrite.
I got 14/15 too–I agree with Katja, some of the wording was a little unclear; test-writing can be tricky. And I also agree with Sacha on the people-first question–that’s not universally embraced language, for a lot of good reasons.
Cool quiz. Wish some of my friends would take it!! I find kids are the best, they just ask my boyfriend “why are you in a wheelchair?” rather than pretending that he’s not!
sorry, 100%.
Scored 100%.
I agree that some of the questions weren’t clear or were location specific to your answer. I know, for example, that in the UK “disabled people” is prefered over “people with disabilities”.
Thanks for the input everyone. I’m going to make a few changes- Clean up a few ambiguous questions. Drop a few and add a few. Add a report at the end that gives the answers to questions that were answered wrong. I’d really appreciate if you checked back in a few days and check it out. I really appreciate the input on this.
I’ll post when the quiz has been revised.
Fix the typos… what’s wrong with you???
Otherwise, cool quiz.
Response from Ziggi-
Hey Paul,
Typos are a part of the quiz! You get extra points for picking up on them. I heard that you scored a 20 on the quiz. Kudos, that’s pretty good for you.
Hi Ziggy
Thanks for the response. For some reason I can’t load your page about disability models yet, but I look forward to reading it some time. Yes, models are fraught but I’d encourage everyone to check the wording in the new United Nations Convention that will be in force later this year:
http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml
Here’s what will become the effective global standard definition:
“disability results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinders their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.”
I’d say that’s a victory for social model at this stage. Must find some time to try your quiz again – and maybe even to contribute some questions myself. Thanks again for putting the effort in.
Cheers, Sacha
Thanks for the heads up on the U.N. languagee. That would certainly be a quantum leap forward for the social model of disability.
14/15
Posted a link over on my blog to the quiz. Thanks for putting this up, Ziggi!
I am a BIG Ziggi fan
OK everyone- Don’t listen to Jim. He is a wannabe blogger living vicariously off of the bloggings of others.