| Disability Awareness Questionnaire 1. Offenders with mental impairments are most likely to be charged with, and convicted of, more serious crimes than individuals without mental impairments. True or False 2. Lip Reading is a very accurate way to communicate. True or False 3. The most common seizure involves little or no noticeable behavior change. True or False 4. Service dogs are taught to be aggressive when protecting their handler. True or False 5. All people with hearing impairments read lips. True or False 6. An individual with mental illness is incompetent. True or False 7. All epileptic seizures involve falling to the ground while having severe muscle contractions. True or False 8. Stress and anxiety will have little or no effect on the motor and speech problems of a person with a disability. True or False 9. People with autism may be unaware of their surroundings, not recognizing dangerous places or situations, or responding to pain/injury differently than most people. True or False 10. You can tell by looking at someone if they have a mental illness. True or False 11. It is usually true that if a person has a physical disability they have a mental deficit as well. True or False 12. Some people with autism look and act relatively “normal”. True or False 13. Peers and families often greatly influence the behaviors of people with cognitive impairments. True or False 14. You should never interfere with a working service animal, nor should you attempt to separate a service animal from their owner. True or False 15. The majority of people with a visual impairment are completely without sight. True or False 16. Given the same situation, people with cognitive impairments are more violent than the general population. True or False 17. When using a sign language interpreter, it is all right to speak directly to the interpreter and to make comments that you do not expect will be signed to the hearing impaired person. True or False 18. Mental illness is a neurological brain disorder. True or False 19. Attention Deficit Disorder is a mental illness. True or False 20. It is not the symptoms of mental illness that can trigger violent behavior – instead, it is the response of the people and events surrounding the person with the mental illness that can prompt violent outbursts. True or False Disability Awareness Test Answers 1. True. 2. False. Only 25% of what is said is readable. 3. True 4. False 5. False. Most do not. 6. False. In most states to be ruled incompetent a determination has to be made that the individual cannot assist in their defense nor articulate between right and wrong. 7. False. Most do not. 8. False. 9. True. 10. False. 11. False. 12. True. 13. True. This is why it is important to separate parties at times or not allow undue influence and include trained forensic interviewers when possible. 14. False, however this should only be done if absolutely necessary. Never seperate a service animal from it's owner if you can proceed in assisting them with the animal present. An individual's services animal is essential in assisting them for a variety of reasons. 15. False. 16. False. 17. False. 18. False. Most mental illnesses are caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. 19. False. ADD and AD/HD are neurobehavioral disorders characterized by differences in brain structure and function that affect behavior, thoughts and emotions. 20. True. *Compiled from different disability organization resources and a M.P.A.S. questionaire. We thank them for creating such a document to assist with opening the eyes of first responders regarding such quesitons.
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