RESNA ATP EXAM - Assistive
Technology Terms
Impairment - CORRECT ANSWER-Any loss or abnormality of psychological,
physical or anatomical structure or function.
Dysarthia - CORRECT ANSWER-Motor speech disorder. Difficult in pronouncing
words. mouth muscles are weak or do not move. may also have respiratory
problems. found in stroke and cancer patients.
APRAXIA - CORRECT ANSWER-Oral motor muscles lose function, unable to
speak with meaningful utterances
DISORDER OF MOTOR PLANNING
LOSS OF LEARNED PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENTS
APHASIA - CORRECT ANSWER-LANGUAGE DISORDER
UNABLE TO FORMULATE SPEACH
CAN BE CONGENITAL OR AQUIRED (stroke, TBI, CVA)
MS - CORRECT ANSWER-Multiple Sclerosis
DISORDER OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. ( GETS WORSE IN WARM
WEATHER)
TROUBLE IN VISION, WALKING, STIFF AND TIGHT MUSCLES.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - CORRECT ANSWER-An inflammatory disease of the
central nervous system characterized by 2 or more lesions separated in time and
space
Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) - CORRECT ANSWER-Most common type of MS
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - CORRECT ANSWER-FEDERAL FUNDED
ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TO APPLY REASONABLE ACCOMODATION
IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIROMENT.
ADA - CORRECT ANSWER-Americans with Disabilities Act
When was ADA passed? - CORRECT ANSWER-1990
Assistive Technology Act - CORRECT ANSWER-law that facilitates increased
accessibility through technology
Assistive Technology Act - CORRECT ANSWER-Under this law, funds cannot be
used for direct payment for an AT device for an individual with a disability
,Tech Act state level activities - CORRECT ANSWER-State finance systems
Device reutilization programs
Device loan programs
Device demonstrations
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 - CORRECT ANSWER-Created workforce
investment boards & one-stop service delivery, which would provide access to
training
WIOA - CORRECT ANSWER-Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
WIOA - CORRECT ANSWER-Improves services to individuals with disabilities
15% state VR funding for transition services
Increase competitive integrated employment
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - CORRECT ANSWER-added people with disabilities to
the list of Americans protected from discrimination
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWIIA) - CORRECT
ANSWER-Strives to make it easier for person with disability to work; removes
disincentive to work by allowing maintenance of MCR/MCD benefits; establishes
community-based vocational assist. programs.
Workers Compensation - CORRECT ANSWER-Workers give up their right to sue
employers directly in exchange for assured benefits
Workers Compensation - CORRECT ANSWER-A system of statutes enacted by
each state that provides medical, lost time and permanent disability benefits for
employees hurt in the scope of their employment
Workers Compensation - CORRECT ANSWER-
disability - CORRECT ANSWER-when impairment leads to inability to perform
activity.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1998 - CORRECT ANSWER-PROMOTES
AWARENESS OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES. SEEKS TO
PROVIDES ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SO
THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATION, WORK & DAILY ACTIVITIES.
COMPONENTS OF CENTRAL PROCESSING - CORRECT ANSWER-PERCEPTION,
MOTOR CONTROL, COGNITION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION
fixed deformities - CORRECT ANSWER-AFFECT SKELETAL ALIGNMENT
Requires seating that accommodates
, Force - CORRECT ANSWER-ANYTHING THAT ACTS ON A BODY TO CHANGE ITS
RATE OF ACCELERATION
WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF FORCE - CORRECT ANSWER-TENSION - TWO
FORCES AWAY FROM OTHER.
COMPRESSION - TWO FORCES TOWARD EACH OTHER.
SHEARING - TWO FORCES SLIDING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
MUSCLE TONE - CORRECT ANSWER-RESISTANCE TO STRETCH JOINTS AND
MUSCLES
HIGH TONE: high tone muscles are rigid and tight
LOW TONE: muscles are mooshy and soft, flaccid.
STATIC EQUILIBRIUM - CORRECT ANSWER-WHEN A BODY IS AT REST AND
ALL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES ARE BALANCED
DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM - CORRECT ANSWER-WHEN FORCES ARE BALANCED
AROUND THE BODY DURING MOVEMENT
TORQUE - CORRECT ANSWER-A FORCE THAT CAUSES ROTATION OF THE
BODY AROUND AN AXIS MOVEMENT
NEWTONS LAW OF MOTION - CORRECT ANSWER-1ST - INERTIA - IS A BODY AT
REST UNITL ACTED BY AN EXTERNAL FORCE.
2ND - ACCELERATION WILL BE DIRECTLY PROPORTIONED TO ANY
UNBALANCED FORCE APPLIED.
3RD - For EVERY ACTION THERE IS AN OPPOSITE REACTION.
DYSPHAGIA & Aphagia - CORRECT ANSWER-SWALLOWING IMPAIRMENT.
A GASTROINTESTINAL DYSFUNCTION. Dysphagia has many causes. Any
condition that weakens or damages the muscles and nerves used for swallowing
may cause dysphagia. For example, people with diseases of the nervous system,
such as cerebral palsy or Parkinson's disease, often have problems swallowing.
Additionally, stroke or head injury may affect the coordination of the swallowing
muscles or limit sensation in the mouth and throat. An infection or irritation can
cause narrowing of the esophagus.
PIAGETS FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT - CORRECT ANSWER-1.
SENSORIMOTOR - BIRTH-2 YEARS
2. PREOPERATIONAL 2-7 YEARS
3.CONCRETE OPERATIONAL 7-11 YEARS.
4. FORMAL OPERATION 11-ADULT
STAGE BIRTH-2 YEARS - CORRECT ANSWER-SENSORIMOTOR
Technology Terms
Impairment - CORRECT ANSWER-Any loss or abnormality of psychological,
physical or anatomical structure or function.
Dysarthia - CORRECT ANSWER-Motor speech disorder. Difficult in pronouncing
words. mouth muscles are weak or do not move. may also have respiratory
problems. found in stroke and cancer patients.
APRAXIA - CORRECT ANSWER-Oral motor muscles lose function, unable to
speak with meaningful utterances
DISORDER OF MOTOR PLANNING
LOSS OF LEARNED PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENTS
APHASIA - CORRECT ANSWER-LANGUAGE DISORDER
UNABLE TO FORMULATE SPEACH
CAN BE CONGENITAL OR AQUIRED (stroke, TBI, CVA)
MS - CORRECT ANSWER-Multiple Sclerosis
DISORDER OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. ( GETS WORSE IN WARM
WEATHER)
TROUBLE IN VISION, WALKING, STIFF AND TIGHT MUSCLES.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - CORRECT ANSWER-An inflammatory disease of the
central nervous system characterized by 2 or more lesions separated in time and
space
Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) - CORRECT ANSWER-Most common type of MS
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - CORRECT ANSWER-FEDERAL FUNDED
ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TO APPLY REASONABLE ACCOMODATION
IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIROMENT.
ADA - CORRECT ANSWER-Americans with Disabilities Act
When was ADA passed? - CORRECT ANSWER-1990
Assistive Technology Act - CORRECT ANSWER-law that facilitates increased
accessibility through technology
Assistive Technology Act - CORRECT ANSWER-Under this law, funds cannot be
used for direct payment for an AT device for an individual with a disability
,Tech Act state level activities - CORRECT ANSWER-State finance systems
Device reutilization programs
Device loan programs
Device demonstrations
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 - CORRECT ANSWER-Created workforce
investment boards & one-stop service delivery, which would provide access to
training
WIOA - CORRECT ANSWER-Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
WIOA - CORRECT ANSWER-Improves services to individuals with disabilities
15% state VR funding for transition services
Increase competitive integrated employment
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - CORRECT ANSWER-added people with disabilities to
the list of Americans protected from discrimination
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWIIA) - CORRECT
ANSWER-Strives to make it easier for person with disability to work; removes
disincentive to work by allowing maintenance of MCR/MCD benefits; establishes
community-based vocational assist. programs.
Workers Compensation - CORRECT ANSWER-Workers give up their right to sue
employers directly in exchange for assured benefits
Workers Compensation - CORRECT ANSWER-A system of statutes enacted by
each state that provides medical, lost time and permanent disability benefits for
employees hurt in the scope of their employment
Workers Compensation - CORRECT ANSWER-
disability - CORRECT ANSWER-when impairment leads to inability to perform
activity.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1998 - CORRECT ANSWER-PROMOTES
AWARENESS OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES. SEEKS TO
PROVIDES ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SO
THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATION, WORK & DAILY ACTIVITIES.
COMPONENTS OF CENTRAL PROCESSING - CORRECT ANSWER-PERCEPTION,
MOTOR CONTROL, COGNITION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION
fixed deformities - CORRECT ANSWER-AFFECT SKELETAL ALIGNMENT
Requires seating that accommodates
, Force - CORRECT ANSWER-ANYTHING THAT ACTS ON A BODY TO CHANGE ITS
RATE OF ACCELERATION
WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF FORCE - CORRECT ANSWER-TENSION - TWO
FORCES AWAY FROM OTHER.
COMPRESSION - TWO FORCES TOWARD EACH OTHER.
SHEARING - TWO FORCES SLIDING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
MUSCLE TONE - CORRECT ANSWER-RESISTANCE TO STRETCH JOINTS AND
MUSCLES
HIGH TONE: high tone muscles are rigid and tight
LOW TONE: muscles are mooshy and soft, flaccid.
STATIC EQUILIBRIUM - CORRECT ANSWER-WHEN A BODY IS AT REST AND
ALL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES ARE BALANCED
DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM - CORRECT ANSWER-WHEN FORCES ARE BALANCED
AROUND THE BODY DURING MOVEMENT
TORQUE - CORRECT ANSWER-A FORCE THAT CAUSES ROTATION OF THE
BODY AROUND AN AXIS MOVEMENT
NEWTONS LAW OF MOTION - CORRECT ANSWER-1ST - INERTIA - IS A BODY AT
REST UNITL ACTED BY AN EXTERNAL FORCE.
2ND - ACCELERATION WILL BE DIRECTLY PROPORTIONED TO ANY
UNBALANCED FORCE APPLIED.
3RD - For EVERY ACTION THERE IS AN OPPOSITE REACTION.
DYSPHAGIA & Aphagia - CORRECT ANSWER-SWALLOWING IMPAIRMENT.
A GASTROINTESTINAL DYSFUNCTION. Dysphagia has many causes. Any
condition that weakens or damages the muscles and nerves used for swallowing
may cause dysphagia. For example, people with diseases of the nervous system,
such as cerebral palsy or Parkinson's disease, often have problems swallowing.
Additionally, stroke or head injury may affect the coordination of the swallowing
muscles or limit sensation in the mouth and throat. An infection or irritation can
cause narrowing of the esophagus.
PIAGETS FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT - CORRECT ANSWER-1.
SENSORIMOTOR - BIRTH-2 YEARS
2. PREOPERATIONAL 2-7 YEARS
3.CONCRETE OPERATIONAL 7-11 YEARS.
4. FORMAL OPERATION 11-ADULT
STAGE BIRTH-2 YEARS - CORRECT ANSWER-SENSORIMOTOR
