National Disability Awaress Month

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Across
  1. 2. Example includes "people with disabilities"
  2. 3. Inability to hear
  3. 6. Dept. at Yale that oversees the affinity groups
  4. 8. Proactive business program that encourages the use of minority-owned businesses
  5. 10. Inability to see
  6. 11. Loss of ability to understand or express speech
  7. 12. Tools specifically designed for people with disabilities
  8. 14. Landmark 1990 law that prohibits discrim. based on disability
  9. 15. This concept embraces the idea that employees can be productive no matter when or where they perform their job
  10. 16. Discrimination against people with disabilities
  11. 19. Physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, interferes with, or limits a person's ability to engage in certain tasks or actions or participate in typical daily activities and interactions
  12. 21. The practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different backgrounds
  13. 22. Disability Alliance at Yale is one of these
  14. 23. Differences in the way people's brains work
  15. 24. Device used to assist someone with mobility issues
  16. 27. Period of time during which one does not have a job
  17. 29. First major irst major federal disability rights law, passed in 1973
  18. 30. The act of revealing information
  19. 31. Unjust or prejudicial treatment
  20. 33. Disorders that affect how one's brain processes information
  21. 34. Modification or adjustment to a job, the work environment, or the way things are usually done during the hiring process
  22. 35. Name for a specific condition on the autism spectrum
  23. 38. Group of conditions due to an impairment in physical, learning, language, or behavior areas
  24. 39. Example includes "disabled person"
  25. 40. Partial or total inability to see
  26. 41. The design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities
Down
  1. 1. Category of disabilities that include dyspraxia, autism spectrum disorder, and ADHD
  2. 4. Government agency responsible for enforcing laws that make it illegal to discriminate against an employee because of their race, disability, religion, and so on
  3. 5. An affinity for a place or situation
  4. 7. The practice of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized
  5. 8. How one refers to themselves
  6. 9. Learning disorder that affects a person's ability to understand number-based information and math
  7. 13. Often unfair and untrue beliefs about all people or things with a particular characteristic
  8. 17. Refers to fairness and justice
  9. 18. Learning disability that makes reading and language-related tasks harder
  10. 20. "Impairment" that can't be seen
  11. 25. Inability to process sounds greater than 35 decibels
  12. 26. On-screen text in videos
  13. 28. Spelled out version of DAY
  14. 32. Neurological condition marked by trouble paying attn.
  15. 36. Neurological condition in which someone has difficulty with writing for their age level
  16. 37. Department at Yale that supports balance between one's job and non-job responsibilities