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Sport & American Society Exam 4
(Chaps 15-21) Questions and Answers
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) - answer founded in 1995
as a nonprofit organization to represent all Americans with a disability.

managed by people with a disability for people with a disability.

not a government program

Although AAPD's mission is much broader than fairness in sport, it does provide
leadership and engage in lobbying to ensure that recreational opportunities exist for its
constituency

How many people have at least one physical or mental disability? - answer 57 million
people (over 50 million)

What percentage of people in the US have a disability? - answer 20% (more than 1
in 5)

What federal legislation addresses issues of discrimination? - answer Title V -
Rehabilitation Act of 1973

What Act was signed in 1990, by Pres. George H.W. Bush, to limit long-standing
discrimination practices? - answer American's with Disabilities Act (ADA)

What basic guarantees are given to the people with disabilities according to the ADA? -
answer general employment
state and local government
public accommodations
telecommunications
transportation rights

How many people with disabilities live in poverty? - answer 3 times as many people

What is monthly earnings of people with disabilities vs people with no disabilities? -
answer People with: $1,961
People w/o : $2724

Disability applies to - answer any individual who has a physical or mental impairment
that substantially limits one or more of the person's major life activities

,The Paralympic Games is the _________ largest behind _____________. - answer
Second
Olympic

The real work of ensuring equal opportunities for disabled athletes occur........ - answer
at the community level

Programs should include ____________ as required for athletes with disability - answer
all young athletes and make adaptions

Special Olympics - answer Games for people with MENTAL DISABILITIES, cognitive
delay, or significant learning or vocational challenges due to cognitive factors that
require specially designed instructions

Began with 1,000 athletes at 1968 Chicago Games

Special Olympics World Games every 4 years

More than 4.4 million athletes are involved in the Special Olympics movement

Special Olympics Goals - answer improve fitness, develop motor skills, increase self-
confidence, and enhance self image

Who are essential for Special Olympics? - answer Coaches, family members, and
other volunteers

Ableist Ideology - answer idea of discrimination against those with mental or physical
disability

What does Ableist ideology reject? - answer physical and intellectual variation as a
natural and normal part of human existence
- meanings of different abilities change from one situation to another; like an injury or
disease

Impairment - answer something that has decreased or has been reduced

Where was quad rugby invented? - answer Canada

When do you get one point in Quad rugby? - answer carrying the ball across the
other teams goal line

Paralympic Games - answer PHYSICALLY DISABLED athletes may compete
nationally and internationally under the super- vision of the Paralympic Games.
(amputees, visually impaired, spinal chord injuries/paralized, MS, dwarfs)

1960 - first games in Rome - 400 athletes/23 countries

, Much like Olympic - Paralympics are held every four years in both winter and summer
events.

Medals are awarded in 25 sports, and more than 5,000 athletes compete at each
Paralympic Games

2nd largest sporting event in the world

2012 London Games: 4,000 plus athletes

Paralympics in the US - answer - founding as division of USOC in 2001
-Start-up funding of $23M for 18 sports
- Mission:
1. To be the world Paralympic leader by developing elite programs
2. promote excellence in the lives of persons with disabilities

Master Athletes - answer Older athletes, often referred to as masters athletes, also
compete worldwide

The achievements of these older athletes are becoming increasingly inspirational to an
aging population looking for healthy challenges in their later years.

National Senior Games Association - answer Age-based categories (up to and
including 90 years of age) ensure equitable competition in various sports staged in the
United States by the National Senior Games Association.

Special Populations in Sport - answer In the U.S.
- Nearly 57 million have at least one mental or physical disability
- nearly 110 are over 50

These groups are sometimes excluded and discriminated against

How American Disabilities Act (ADA) effects sport - answer - dramatic
change/increase in sport opportunities
-more government representation for sport programs
-mainstreaming into regular sport programs
- more attention given to degree of disability

Section 504 - Rehabilitation Act - answer No otherwise qualified handicapped person
in US - shall solely for reason of handicap - be excluded from participation, denied
benefits of, or subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal
assistance

To file a claim of discrimination under 504 - answer -must be handicapped
-otherwise qualified for the activity

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