An OT Practitioner Is Working in a Public School with a Child

question 2

Multiple Choice

An OT practitioner is working in a public school with a child who uses a wheelchair for all mobility.He tells the OT practitioner that he cannot get into a toilet stall in the bathroom because the stall is too small.What should the OT practitioner do?

• A) Perform an accessibility audit of the bathroom and make recommendations to the school principal to provide wheelchair access under the ADA.
• B) Tell the student to file a complaint with the Department of Justice in Washington,
• C) Ask the principal if the student can use the teachers' bathroom, which is larger.
• D) There is nothing that the OT practitioner can do in this situation.
• E)C.

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Definitions:

Stabilize

To make or become unlikely to give way or overturn; to make something steady.

Support

To hold up; to bear part of the weight of.

Wheelchair

A chair mounted on wheels for people who are unable to walk or have difficulty walking.

Ergonomics

The applied science of being concerned with the nature and characteristics of people as they relate to design and activities with the intention of producing more effective results and greater safety.