AY Honors/Disability Awareness

Disability Awareness
Regional
Skill Level ???
Approval authority Florida Conference	Year of Introduction Unknown
See also Disability Awareness - Advanced

• Overview
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• Answer Key
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AY Honors/Disability Awareness/Overview

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

6. Conduct an accessibility survey of your church and make a list of things that need to be changed in order to better accommodate people with disabilities.

1. Become familiar with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

a. Know the date it was signed into law.

b. Know the name of the United States President who signed it.

2. Know the main points of the Americans with Disabilities Act and explain who this legislation affects the lives of the people with disabilities in a positive way.

3. Define the “legal” definition of a disability.

4. Create positive sounding words and phrases by rewriting 10 commonly used terms.

5. Choose one specific physical disability and give an oral report on how a person with that disability could successfully function in the following areas:

a. School

b. Camping

c. Transportation

d. Witnessing

6. Conduct an accessibility survey of your church and make a list of things that need to be changed in order to better accommodate people with disabilities.

Edit Answer Key

1

Become familiar with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

1a

Know the date it was signed into law.

1b

Know the name of the United States President who signed it.

2

Know the main points of the Americans with Disabilities Act and explain who this legislation affects the lives of the people with disabilities in a positive way.

3

Define the “legal” definition of a disability.

4

Create positive sounding words and phrases by rewriting 10 commonly used terms.

5

Choose one specific physical disability and give an oral report on how a person with that disability could successfully function in the following areas:

5a

School

5b

Camping

5c

Transportation

5d

Witnessing

6

Conduct an accessibility survey of your church and make a list of things that need to be changed in order to better accommodate people with disabilities.

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This honor is a regional honor approved by the Florida Conference. To obtain the honor patch, you must contact the Florida Conference at the Florida Pathfinder Store.

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