1. Ms. Whitfield explains that the Lanterman Act is…
a. a federal law ensuring equal rights and dignity to people with disabilities.
b. a state law which closes all the so-called “group-homes” for people with disabilities.
c. a California law giving people with developmental disabilities the right to live their lives as fully as possible.
d. a U.S. law requiring employers to hire people with developmental disabilities.
2. What does Ms. Whitfield see as the major difficulty involved in giving people with disabilities the right to work?
a.Finding the right job coach and making this person seem like a co-worker.
b. Getting the worker to accept the social code of the work place.
c. Getting the worker to the work place on the public bus system.
d. Getting employers to accept the types of interaction involved.
Ms. Whitfield says that the systems adopted for integrating people with developmental disabilities into the workplace have been a success, but that ...
a. this success has does not show up properly because of the evaluation system used.
b. it needs to be improved in the future so that more people can get off social security.
c. a lot still needs to be done to get the community to recognize that success.
d. there is still a lot of fear that this might have a disruptive effect on the workforce.