Poverty and Disability

Question 1

Disabilities can be expensive

Answer 1

True

Question 2

An electric wheelchair can cost

Answer 2

US $2,000 to US $30,000 or more

Question 3

The cost of simply living and doing daily tasks can be significantly _____ for a person with a disability when compared to the costs for someone without a disability.

Answer 3

higher

Question 4

The yearly cost of the support systems (assistive technologies plus human helpers) varies dramatically depending on the _____

Answer 4

type of disability

Question 5

Range of yearly cost of the support system

Answer 5

no cost on the low end to staggeringly high costs on the other extreme.

Question 6

large proportion of people with disabilities, and their families, live in or ______

Answer 6

near poverty

Question 7

people with disabilities are often among the _________and the most ______ of populations.

Answer 7

poorest of the poor, vulnerable

Question 8

In the United States, people with disabilities are ______ as likely to live in poverty as the general population.

Answer 8

twice

Question 9

Acc to US Senate report 2014, About ___% of people with disabilities live below the poverty line,

Answer 9

30%

Question 10

In poorer countries. The number of people with disabilities is greater, due to ______

Answer 10

deficiencies in health care, sanitation, and safety.

Question 11

Percentage of disabled population living in poverty in Australia

Answer 11

27.4% (2012)

Question 12

Percentage of disabled population living in poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

Answer 12

82% (worldbank), 80% (Planneta Domain)

Question 13

Percentage of disabled population living in poverty in UK

Answer 13

30% (2013), 23.1% (disabled world.com)

Question 14

Percentage of disabled population living in poverty in USA

Answer 14

28.4% (2012), 27% (2009), 21.4% (2012)

Question 15

When extra expenses associated with being disabled were considered, the poverty rate for people with disabilities shot up to _____percent.

Answer 15

47.4%

Question 16

goals of the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aim to

Answer 16

end poverty and hunger for all persons with disabilities.

Question 17

The percentage of persons with disabilities living under the national or international poverty line is_____

Answer 17

Higher

Question 18

In developed countries, the average percentage of persons with disabilities who are unable to afford a meal with protein every second day is almost ______ that of persons without disabilities.

Answer 18

Double

Question 19

More women with disabilities than men with disabilities are in such a situation.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Persons with disabilities and their households are more likely to not always have_____

Answer 20

food to eat.

Question 21

Access to financial services such as banks is restricted by their lack of_________

Answer 21

accessibility

Question 22

The World Bank estimates that ____% of the world’s poorest people have some kind of disability.

Answer 22

20%

Question 23

barriers that people with disabilities encounter in their daily lives

Answer 23

systemic institutional, environmental, and attitudinal barriers

Question 24

What are the impacts of systemic institutional, environmental, and attitudinal barriers to people with disabilities.

Answer 24

Disability accentuates poverty and entrenched social exclusion and lack of participation in society

Question 25

People are more likely to acquire a disability as they age.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Age-related changes affect _____

Answer 26

vision, hearing, muscular strength, bone strength, immunity, and nerve function.

Question 27

In countries with life expectancies over ____ years of age, people spend an average of ____ years living with disabilities.

Answer 27

70, and 8

Question 28

The longer a person lives with disabilities, the ______ the cost of their healthcare.

Answer 28

higher