PNG-Topic 2

1. Which of the following is the most true of the Social Model of Disability?

• Disability is a product of few social connections

• Disability is the product of a medical diagnosis

• Disability is the product of a breach of human rights

• Disability is the product of society’s failure to accommodate impairment

1. Mrs Smith has observed that Jake is finding the noise of the classroom very difficult to cope with. She decides to change her class routines and to order some rugs for the floor and curtains for the windows. She also sets up a quiet area in her room. Mrs Smith’s thinking aligns best with which of the following models of disability?

• Social Model of Disability

• Medical Model of Disability

• Human Rights Model of Disability

Tom cannot read the whiteboard. Using the Social Model of Disability, which of the following is the most appropriate response to Tom’s situation:

• Move Tom closer to the whiteboard and provide IT support

• Assign a friend to help Tom

• Recognise Tom’s right to be in the class and provide the same teaching and learning opportunities as the rest of the class

• Set up a space in the room and assign Tom a teacher aide

Which of the following illustrates the Social Model of Disability?

• Giving a student medication so he will be calm with his classmates when he is on an excursion

• Allowing a student on an excursion if accompanied by her parent

• Choosing an excursion venue that is wheelchair accessible

• Organizing a more suitable excursion for students with disability

Which of the following is the best definition of ableism?

• Beliefs and attitudes that discriminate against people with disability on the basis that those without disability are superior

• Viewing people with disability as able in their own way

• See disability as a product of barriers in the environment

• Believing that people with disability can do anything they set out to do

Mrs Jones has an extensive library of young adult fiction that she shares with her students. The novels cover broad topics and feature typical teenagers. A colleague notes that there are no books about teenagers with disability and that Mrs Jones is being ableist. Is this true or false?

• True

• False

Which of the following demonstrates ableist thinking?

• Speaking for a student rather than expecting students to speak for themselves

• Providing speech to text software

• Providing an AUSLAN interpreter

• All of these

Which of the following is NOT an example of inclusive language?

• “Student with disability”

• Strengths-based language

• Tom is suffering from a mental illness”

• Terminology that focuses on support and adjustments rather than student need

Teachers’ beliefs that every student should complete the same assessment under the same conditions are reflective of

• equality

• equity

• inclusive language

• the medical model of disability

Providing a scribe to a student with major writing difficulties to complete the same assessment as their peers reflects

• equaliy

• equity

• the medical model of disability