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Meaning and Types of Disability and Special Needs

Physical & Health Education · 50 practice questions

Meaning of disability and description of people with special needs; types of disability and special needs.

  • Define disability and describe people with special needs.
  • Identify types of disability and special need.

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  1. Practice question 1

    A sensory disability specifically affects one or more of the senses, such as

    • A.cognitive functioning exclusively, with no reference to any of the senses
    • B.sight or hearing
    • C.a factor entirely unrelated to any of the five senses
    • D.mobility exclusively, with no reference to any of the senses
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    B. sight or hearing

    A sensory disability specifically affects one or more of the senses, such as sight or hearing.

  2. Practice question 2

    A visible disability, apparent through physical appearance, specifically differs from an invisible disability, such as

    • A.no particular type of disability at all, since all disabilities are visible
    • B.a disability that, in fact, is always equally visible regardless of type
    • C.a factor entirely unrelated to the visibility of any disability
    • D.certain learning disabilities
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    D. certain learning disabilities

    A visible disability, apparent through physical appearance, specifically differs from an invisible disability, such as certain learning disabilities.

  3. Practice question 3

    A physical disability affecting the limbs specifically may be classified separately from one affecting

    • A.only a sensory, rather than physical, type of disability
    • B.the trunk or spine
    • C.a factor entirely unrelated to the trunk or spine of any kind
    • D.no other part of the body at all, since all physical disabilities are classified identically
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    B. the trunk or spine

    A physical disability affecting the limbs specifically may be classified separately from one affecting the trunk or spine.

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