Disability History: Working

1. A “reasonable accommodation” is any change in the work environment or in the way things are customarily done that enables an individual with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunities.

True

False

2. Vocational Rehabilitation is unable to serve high school students.

True

False

3. The 6 F’s (food, filth, filing, flowers, fetching, filing, and folding) are traditional fields of employment for people with disabilities.

True

False

4. Name one place where people with disabilities can go to get help with finding a job.

One Stop

Department of Vocational Rehabilitation

Center for Independent Living

All of the above

5. It is legal to discriminate against people with disabilities in the work place.

True

False

6. There are some jobs that people with disabilities can legally be paid less than people without disabilities.

True

False

7. At what point are you are required to disclose your disability to your potential employer?

You are not required to disclose, it is your right. You can disclose at any point in time.

You must disclose upon completing your first interview with the employer.

8. The ____ is a free service that provides information on job accommodations and things employers must provide to an individual with a disability according to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Adaptive Services Network

Disabled Working Professionals Network

Job Accommodation Network

9. Because people with disabilities were not generally included in Groundhog Job Shadow Day, or Take your Son/Daughter to Work Day, what event was developed to expose students with disabilities to the world of work?

Disability Shadowing Day

Disability Internship Day

Disability Mentoring Day

10. What is the unemployment rate of people with disabilities?

7.1%

13.8%

31.2%

74%

Disability History: Working

1. A “reasonable accommodation” is any change in the work environment or in the way things are customarily done that enables an individual with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunities.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Vocational Rehabilitation is unable to serve high school students.

3. The 6 F’s (food, filth, filing, flowers, fetching, filing, and folding) are traditional fields of employment for people with disabilities.

4. Name one place where people with disabilities can go to get help with finding a job.

5. It is legal to discriminate against people with disabilities in the work place.

6. There are some jobs that people with disabilities can legally be paid less than people without disabilities.

7. At what point are you are required to disclose your disability to your potential employer?

8. The ____ is a free service that provides information on job accommodations and things employers must provide to an individual with a disability according to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

9. Because people with disabilities were not generally included in Groundhog Job Shadow Day, or Take your Son/Daughter to Work Day, what event was developed to expose students with disabilities to the world of work?

10. What is the unemployment rate of people with disabilities?