Quiz 2
This Quiz is a form of multiple choice questions and true false questions. There are 15 questions.
- What percentage of Australians have a disability?
One in five people in Australia reported having a disability that limits, restricts or impairs their everyday activities. www.abs.gov.au
- Who won the Laureus World sports Award in 2003?
The Laureous World Sports Awards are awarded annually to sports people who have been outstanding in their chosen sport during the previous year. Australia has had three sportspeople win the award in the last five years. Michael Milton is Australia's most successful Paralympian and down hill skiing competitor.
- All people with a hearing impairment can read your lips?
The definition of hearing impairment includes people who are deaf and people who have limited hearing. A percentage of people who are deaf use a sign language called Auslan.
- Who declared December 3 the International Day of Disabled Persons?
- What is the best way to attract the attention of a person with a hearing impairment?
- What percentage of people with disabilities are employed in the Australian workforce?
Currently over half the people with a disability are employed between the age of 15 and 64 years, comparing this to 81% per cent of people without disability.
- Which mineral is associated with prevention of Intellectual disability?
Iodine is found in seafood, iodised salt and some vegetables. It is important for essential hormone development in the human body. Inadequate intake of dietary iodine can lead to an enlarged thyroid gland (goitre) or other iodine deficiency disorders. Iodine deficiency is the world's leading cause of intellectual disability in children. It is estimated that more then 800 million are at risk, mostly in Asia!
- The United Nations definition of people with a disability is?
- The loss of physical movement and mental thought?
- UN does not have a definition
- Impairment and restriction of the interaction the person has with its environment
- Unable to function like a person without a disability
The Untied Nations tell us that there is no one universally accepted definition of disability. This is due to a difference of opinion as to whether the disability is the actual impairment an individual has, or whether the disability is the restrictions placed on that individual as a result of their impairment.
- An athlete with a double leg amputation can run faster than an average person.
In the 100 metre race, a double leg amputee athlete has recorded track times less than two seconds outside Olympic record time. The superb performance of teenager Oscar Pistorious is suddenly raising the question of whether he can run fast enough to qualify for the Olympic Games after he became the first amputee to run the 200m under 22 seconds.
- What hit song was inspired by a young boy with Autism?
- What year was IDPD first celebrated internationally?
- If a person is having an Eptleptic seizure, you should force something between the teeth to stop them biting their tongue.
If you force an object between the teeth you may break their teeth or get your fingers bitten. Tongues heal, broken teeth do not.
- The term Schizophrenia is derived from what language
It comes from the Greek skhizo meaning "to split" and phren meaning "mind". The term was first used by a Swiss psychiatrist who believed the word best described the disruption caused to the harmonious balance that usually exists between the various mental functions of the human mind.
- Poliomyelitis or Polio is caused by.
Polio is a disease caused by a virus. It enters a person's body through their mouth. It can causes paralysis, sometimes killing people by paralysing the muscles that help them breathe.
- How many 'carers' are there in Australia currently looking after people who need assistance because of disability?
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