Rules and Ramps for Difference: teacher key

Being Different, grade 10 edition, written for 10th grade. People differ in their fingerprints, their eyes, their hands, their families and how they communicate. The story covers laws, ramps and sports built around difference, and how to treat people kindly.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Which law forbade organizations that accepted federal funds from discriminating against people with disabilities?
   • The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
   • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (answer)
   • The Education for All Handicapped Children Act
2. Who took part in the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960?
   • 400 athletes, 23 countries (answer)
   • 16 athletes from 4 countries
   • 900 athletes from 60 countries
3. How is a question asked in ASL?
   • By changing word order only
   • By raising the eyebrows and tilting (answer)
   • By raising the voice pitch
4. What does the curb-cut effect suggest about ramps?
   • Ramps were meant to slow runners
   • Only wheelchair users used them
   • One group's ramps helped many (answer)
5. What does the word upstander mean in the book?
   • Watches from a distance
   • Leaves the group when it starts
   • Steps in to stop bullying (answer)

Words

• ramps: for wheelchairs
• braille: raised dot writing
• empathy: sensing feelings
• upstander: steps in