Promoting Community Inclusion Flashcards
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Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public businesses are required to provide:
Answer: Reasonable accommodations unless doing so causes undue hardship
The ADA requires reasonable accommodations that do not impose an undue burden on businesses.
What does 'self-determination' mean in the context of community inclusion?
Answer: The individual's right to make choices about their own life, including where to go and what to do
Self-determination means individuals have the right and authority to make choices about their own lives.
A DSP is supporting an individual who uses a wheelchair at a restaurant that has a step at the entrance. What should the DSP do?
Answer: Ask restaurant staff about an accessible entrance and, if none exists, suggest the individual choose a different restaurant
DSPs should advocate for accessibility and help individuals access accommodations, while respecting the individual's choice to stay or leave.
Which of the following is an example of 'community mapping' as a tool for inclusion?
Answer: Identifying local resources, activities, and potential connections available in someone's community
Community mapping identifies local assets, activities, and relationship opportunities to support meaningful inclusion.
When supporting an individual's friendships in the community, a DSP should:
Answer: Facilitate opportunities for friendship while respecting the individual's choices about relationships
DSPs support relationship-building by creating opportunities while respecting the individual's autonomy in choosing their own friends.
An individual you support wants to take the city bus independently but has never done so. The BEST approach is:
Answer: Practice the route together multiple times, then gradually fade support until they can travel independently
Systematic practice with graduated fading of support promotes skill development and independence in community travel.
Which philosophy MOST directly supports community inclusion for people with disabilities?
Answer: Normalization, which holds that people with disabilities should experience everyday life patterns like others in society
Normalization promotes the idea that people with disabilities deserve access to the same life rhythms and community experiences as anyone else.