IAAP CPACC STUDY GUIDE, LATEST GUIDE TO A+:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FORMAT
Medical Model of Disability
Viewing disability as a problem of the person, directly caused by disease, trauma, or
other health conditions which require sustained medical care.
Social Model of Disability
Sees the issue of "disability" to be a socially created problem and a matter of full
integration of individuals into a society.
Economic Model of Disability
Defines disability by an individual inability to participate in work.
Functional Solutions Model of Disability
A practical perspective that identifies the limitations due to disability with the intent to
create and promote solutions to overcome those limitations.
Cultural Affiliation Model of Disability (Social Identity Model)
Refers to a sense of deriving one's personal identity from membership within a group of
like-minded people.
Charity Model
Regards people with disabilities as unfortunate and in need of assistance from the
outside, with those providing charity viewed as benevolent contributors to a needy
population.
Color Blindness
A sensory disability that impairs a person's ability to distinguish certain color
combinations.
Blindness
Sensory disability resulting in near complete loss of vision.
Low Vision
, A sensory disability that impairs a person's vision past the point that corrective lenses
can restore past 20/40 or 20/60.
Deafness
The total or near loss of hearing.
Hard of Hearing
Partially impaired hearing in one or both ears.
DeafBlindness
The absence of both vision and hearing. Severely limits the sensory input possibilities of
the individual to just touch, smell, and taste.
Manual Dexterity/ Fine Motor Control
Limited motor/manual dexterity may cause difficulty with:
-Using equipment at work or school
-Communicating using emails, web, or blogs
-Storage and organization of data
-Using computer programs
-Engaging with elearning
Dyspraxia
A specific learning difficulty that affects the brain's ability to plan sequences of
movement.
Ambulation
Physical and permanent disability to such a degree that the person is unable to move
from place to place without the aid of a wheelchair.
Intellectual Disability
A disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in
adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills.
Adaptive Behavior
The collection of conceptual, social, and practical skills that are learned and performed
by people in their everyday lives.
Social Skills
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FORMAT
Medical Model of Disability
Viewing disability as a problem of the person, directly caused by disease, trauma, or
other health conditions which require sustained medical care.
Social Model of Disability
Sees the issue of "disability" to be a socially created problem and a matter of full
integration of individuals into a society.
Economic Model of Disability
Defines disability by an individual inability to participate in work.
Functional Solutions Model of Disability
A practical perspective that identifies the limitations due to disability with the intent to
create and promote solutions to overcome those limitations.
Cultural Affiliation Model of Disability (Social Identity Model)
Refers to a sense of deriving one's personal identity from membership within a group of
like-minded people.
Charity Model
Regards people with disabilities as unfortunate and in need of assistance from the
outside, with those providing charity viewed as benevolent contributors to a needy
population.
Color Blindness
A sensory disability that impairs a person's ability to distinguish certain color
combinations.
Blindness
Sensory disability resulting in near complete loss of vision.
Low Vision
, A sensory disability that impairs a person's vision past the point that corrective lenses
can restore past 20/40 or 20/60.
Deafness
The total or near loss of hearing.
Hard of Hearing
Partially impaired hearing in one or both ears.
DeafBlindness
The absence of both vision and hearing. Severely limits the sensory input possibilities of
the individual to just touch, smell, and taste.
Manual Dexterity/ Fine Motor Control
Limited motor/manual dexterity may cause difficulty with:
-Using equipment at work or school
-Communicating using emails, web, or blogs
-Storage and organization of data
-Using computer programs
-Engaging with elearning
Dyspraxia
A specific learning difficulty that affects the brain's ability to plan sequences of
movement.
Ambulation
Physical and permanent disability to such a degree that the person is unable to move
from place to place without the aid of a wheelchair.
Intellectual Disability
A disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in
adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills.
Adaptive Behavior
The collection of conceptual, social, and practical skills that are learned and performed
by people in their everyday lives.
Social Skills
