A Camp That Sparked a Movement

Camp Jened was a summer camp created for teens with....

• no grandparents.

• disabilities.

• no money.

• no jobs.

TRUE or FALSE: Camp Jened was a camp ONLY for teens with physical disabilities.

• True

• False

What is the main idea of the article?

• Camp Jened, a summer camp for teens with disabilities in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains, offered all the usual joys of summer camp.

• Judith Heumann became one of the disability rights movement's most well-known leaders.

• Camp Jened helped spark the disability rights movement by creating a generation of activists who fought for equal rights for people with disabilities.

• In 1990, the Americans With Disabilities Act was put into law, banning discrimination in the U.S. based on disability in all areas of public life.

Which of these is an opinion?

• The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that schools and employers create environments where people with disabilities can participate.

• The Americans with Disabilities Act is a well-written law that is right to require that public places be accessible to all people.

According to the Article, what is one reason why many Camp Jened teens became disability rights activists?

• They wanted to film a documentary that showed the world the importance of the struggle for equal rights for people with disabilities.

• Their experience in a community of equality and acceptance demonstrated how their lives could be better at home.

• They wanted people to know why everyone must follow the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare laws.

• Their experience encouraged them to join Judith Heumann when she led protests at the camp.

"[The Americans with Disabilities Act] requires that public places be accessible.The goal is to ensure people with disabilities have equal rights and opportunities."

What does ensure mean?

• to make certain that something shall occur

• to cause someone to be less determined

• to show that something is likely or true

• to complete something with someone's help

The Article says all of the following except....

• Camp Jened was a summer camp for teens with disabilities in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains

• Judith Heumann, who was both a camper and counselor at Camp Jened, uses a wheelchair because she had polio as a child

• Judith Heumann led a historic sit-in at the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare office in San Francisco, California

• Camp Jened teens met in the dining hall each day to strategize about ways to bring about social change when they got back home

TRUE or FALSE: The Americans with Disabilities Act required that some public places be made accessible.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE: According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, schools are not required to be wheelchair accessible.

• False

• True