"Refer to the Person First, the Disability Second" Is One

question 26

Multiple Choice

"Refer to the person first, the disability second" is one of the guidelines for using the people-first approach to writing about people with disabilities. Which of the following are other guidelines discussed in the chapter?

• A) Remember that handicap and disability are synonymous terms.
• B) Refer to a person who uses a wheelchair as wheelchair bound or confined to a wheelchair.
• C) Refer to people with disabilities as abnormal, as opposed to atypical.
• D) All responses are correct.
• E) None of the responses are correct.

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Definitions:

T-Test

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of two groups, which may be related in certain features.

Paired-Difference T-Test

A statistical method used to compare the means of two related groups to determine if there is a significant difference between them.

Normally Distributed

A type of probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Sample Variances

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points in a sample.