RHFAC(2024 Latest
Update)Correct
Questions &
Solutions(RATED A)
Statistics Canada - people with disabilities - ANSWER 1 in 7 (3.8 million, 13.7%)
Built Environment - ANSWER the physical spaces and places where people live, work, learn, and play
RHFAC rating focus areas - ANSWER public realm,
commercial and retail spaces,
multi-unit residential buildings,
trails and pathways
meaningful access - ANSWER a person with disabilities is, without assistance, able to approach, enter,
pass to and from, and make use of an area and its facilities
accessibility - ANSWER degree to which a product, device, activity, facility, service, or environment allows
everyone to participate fully and is available to everyone on an equal basis
CSD - ANSWER Canadian Survey on Disability (2012, Statistics Canada)
, CSD's 10 types of disability - ANSWER seeing,
hearing,
mobility,
flexibility,
dexterity,
pain,
learning,
developmental, mental/psychological,
memory
percentage of disability in ages 15-64 - ANSWER 1 in 10
DSQs - ANSWER new Disability Screening Questions:
move towards social model,
identify type and severity,
achieve greater consistency,
improve coverage,
short enough for adoption
areas affected by vision loss - ANSWER usable visual field,
visual acuity,
colour perception,
contrast sensitivity
common eye conditions - ANSWER Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Glaucoma
Asitmatism
Cataracts
, Retinitis pigmentosa
sign language used in Canada - ANSWER ASL (american sign language),
LSQ (la langue des signes quebecoise),
MSL (maritime sign language)
hard of hearing - ANSWER partial impairment of heading, often of illness, injury, or aging;
the largest single disability group
causes of mobility, flexibility, dexterity, pain (physical disabilities) - ANSWER cerebral palsy
arthritis
muscular dystrophy
multiple sclerosis
spina bifida
aging
learning disability - ANSWER conditions that affect the acquisition, organization, retention,
understanding, or use of verbal or non-verbal information:
oral language
reading
written language
mathematics
percentage of disability in ages 65+ - ANSWER 1 in 3
percentage of disability in women - ANSWER 14.9%
percentage of disability in men - ANSWER 12.5%