Question

Intro to Rehabilitaion T/F

True/False?

A.) The rehabilitation act of 1973 was patterned after the civil rights act of 1964.

B.) Multicultural counseling is directed at trying to counteract negative trends in the treatment of persons with disabilities from minority cultures.

C.) Multicultural counseling holds value-free counseling to be a myth.

D.) Groups that have more of a heterogeneous make-up tend to be more representative of the outside world.

E.) Rehabilitation counselors should possess counseling, coordinating, and consulting skills.

F.) People with disabilities are handicapped by society's mistaken beliefs about their disabilities.

G.) The therapeutic factor of universality in group work refers to having awareness that others may have similar difficulties around the same issue/problem.

H.) Generally speaking , one of the important end goals in vocational rehabilitation for people with disabilities is placement in competitive employment.

I.) The notion that society persists in protecting the weak (i.e. individuals with disabilities) is known as paternalism.

J.) Respecting an individual with a disabilities choice would be considered an example of the ethical principal of beneficence:

K.) A disability is usually defined as an imposed barrier that restricts a person.

L.) The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) was designed to require all employers to hire people with disabilities, regardless of their qualifications.

M.) Because of their "deviation from the norm" people with disability are likely to be devalued by the larger society.

N.) Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is designed to prevent EMPLOYERS from discriminating against people with disabilities.

Answer 1

A. Modeled after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin – and Section 504 of theRehabilitation Act of 1973 -- the ADA is an "equal opportunity" law for people with disabilities. Therefore, the given statement is true that this act is based on the civil rights act.

B. The given statement is true since counteracting these negative impacts on treatment of minority groups is one of the reasons. However, primary reason is to look at how the counseling relationship between therapist and client manifests, given that the two belong to different groups.

C. It must work for the welfare of the client. In this sense, counseling is a political, value-laden process to create tolerant personalities and safeguard human rights. Therefore, the statement is true.

D. The statement is true since it has more representative value than a homogenous group.

E. The given statement is true since rehabilitation counselors may be required to run a center independently dependent upon their role, therefore the given skills are a must to possess in order to have the ability to do so.

F. Indeed the statement is true since most disabilities , especially physical ones are considered a taboo and therefore lead the society to have misconceptions. They tend to confine the role of the disabled and because of their stereotypes and belief systems, they are often bereft of their rights.