Chap 2 - History & Legislation

Question 1

CTRS stands for…

Answer 1

Certified therapeutic recreation specialist

Question 2

The third core concept of inclusion, “no one is exempt,” means…

Answer 2

Anyone at anytime can acquire a disability

Question 3

“A treatment service designed to restore, remediate, and rehabilitate a person’s level of functioning and independence in life activities, to promote health and wellness as well as reduce or eliminate the activity limitations and restrictions to participation in life situations caused by an illness or disabling condition” is a definition for…

Answer 3

Therapeutic recreation

Question 4

T/F Historically, recreation was often used in an ugly manner to humiliate people who were considered different from the mainstream

Answer 4

True

Question 5

**Who advocated for the use of the recreation as a means of fostering inclusion long before the rest of society was willing to take such a stance, in the early 1900s? What was the name of the community recreation space he/she operated out of?

Answer 5

Jane Addams; Hull House

Question 6

What is the preferred term to describe parking places commonly referred to as handicapped parking

Answer 6

Accessible parking

Question 7

In what country were approximately 50,000 people with disabilities or people otherwise labeled as defective forcibly sterilized between the years of 1925 and 1955?

Answer 7

United States

Question 8

This 1964 legislation prohibited discrimination solely on a basis of RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, NAT’L ORIGIN, & CREED (gender was added later) in public accommodations and employment as well as federally funded programs

Answer 8

The Civil Rights Act

Question 9

This 1972 legislation prohibited exclusion, discrimination, or denial of benefits on the basis of SEX, or any educational program or activity provided by schools or other federally funded institutions

Answer 9

Title IX

Question 10

This 1975 legislation prohibited discrimination based on AGE in federally funded programs or activities

Answer 10

Age Discrimination Act

Question 11

This 1990 legislation, closely modeled after the Civil Rights Act and section 504, provided comprehensive civil rights protection for people with disabilities

Answer 11

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Question 12

This ADA title prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in activities of places of public accommodations by PRIVATE agencies

Answer 12

Title III

Question 13

This ADA title prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in activities of places of public accommodations by PUBLIC agencies

Answer 13

Title II

Question 14

**Give the three major life activities, as defined by the ADA

Answer 14

Recreation, hearing, and learning

Question 15

**Criteria all participants must meet before taking part in a program, regardless of disability, are referred to as

Answer 15

Essential eligibility requirements

Question 16

**What section of the rehabilitation act of 1973 protects people with disabilities from exclusion from programs receiving federal funding?

Answer 16

section 504

Question 17

**What year was the ADA passed?

Answer 17

1990

Question 18

**Title IX of the educational amendments of 1972 insures

Answer 18

Equal program access for women

Question 19

**The statement “know otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal funding” is part of what significant civil rights act?

Answer 19

Section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973?

Question 20

**T/F historically, recreation was often used in an ugly manner to humiliate people who were considered different from the mainstream

Answer 20

True

Question 21

**Which title of ADA is most pertinent to the provision of accessible recreation programs in city and county recreation agencies?

Answer 21

Title II

Question 22

**One positive element of American history is the work conducted by the women of Hull House. When was this settlement house opened?

Answer 22

1889

Question 23

** T/F The cost of inclusion must be absorbed into the fees of all participants

Answer 23

True

Question 24

** One of the first federal acts to establish accessibility standards for the design of facilities and programs in recreation was the

Answer 24

Architectural barriers act of 1968