Natalie Is Deaf and Uses Sign Language to Communicate

question 25

Multiple Choice

Natalie is deaf and uses sign language to communicate.Her partner Lance has increasingly become physically abusive.Natalie has a special device that allows her to make visual phone calls so that she may sign to communicate.Lance recently disconnected the device and removed it from their home,arguing they could not afford it any longer.What form of disability contributes to this form of IPV?

• A)physical disability
• B)psychiatric or mental disability
• C)developmental disability
• D)sensory disability

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Definitions:

Gender Roles

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Temperament

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Testosterone

The most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty.

Assertive

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