Disability History Quiz

A Brief Quiz

QUIZ

Let's learn some not-so-fun facts about the not-so-distant past

“religious excitement” and “overwork.”

“parents were cousins” and “politics”.

"refused to shake hands" and "above the age of 40

Elizabeth Packard, a Victorian era teacher living in Jacksonville, Illinois, was diagnosed her as insane and sending her to the Illinois State Hospital. What was listed as her required "proof of mental illness?"

question 1/5

“How Victorian Women were Oppressed through the Use of Psychiatry.” The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/netflix-2017/how-victorian-women-were-oppressed-through-the-use-of-psychiatry/1607/

They had all been turned down for jobs.

They wanted wheelchair ramps mandated in public buildings

They wanted medicaid to pay for more specialized treatments

In 1935 A group of about 300 people, most living with the effects of polio and cerebral palsy, organized the League for the Physically Handicapped. What was their motivation?

QUESTION 2/5

https://www.nyc.gov/site/mopd/events/our-history.page?slide=4

False

True

Before the year 1975 Children with disabilities were not guaranteed access to public education

QUESTION 3/5

https://sites.ed.gov/idea/IDEA-History

more than 50

Less than 50

117

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law how many years ago?.

QUESTION 4/5

This indictment is founded wholly upon the publication of two leaflets which I shall describe in a moment.

Holmes affirmed the value ...in order to prevent the nation from "being swamped with incompetence . . . Three generations of imbeciles are enough."

For the first 185 years after the adoption of the Constitution, each State was permitted to address this issue in accordance with the views of its citizens.

What did Justice Oliver Wendel Holmes say in his opinion in Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927) a case concerning the forced sterilization of a disabled woman?

QUESTION 5/5

"Buck v. Bell." Oyez, www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/274us200. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.

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