Disability & Equality Quiz

As part of our 'Fair for All Week' here at Thanet College, Tara Ashman in our Personnel Department has built this quiz relating to facts and figures on Disability and Equality. All correct entries will be placed in a hat and one chosen at random. There is a link to a Word version on the front page of teh Learning Curve. If you choose that route to reply simply save the word document to your PC. Conmplete and email to personnel@thanet.ac.uk
The winner will receive a Hamper. GOOD LUCK!
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  1. How many people in Britain have rights under the Disability Discrimination Act?
    8 million
    10 million
    6.5 million
    3.5 million


  1. Approximately what percentage of the total working age population is disabled?
    1-2%
    7-9%
    3-4%
    19-20 %


  1. What percentage of disabled people are born with a disability?
    17%
    57%
    37%
    77%


  1. What percentage of disabled people in the UK are wheelchair users?
    20%
    5%
    45%
    55%


  1. What proportion of people believe that wheelchair users are less intelligent?
    1 in 3
    1in 5
    1 in 10
    1 in 20


  1. Can you finish the sentence: A disabled person with a degree is...?
    less likely to have a job than a non-disabled person with no qualifications
    more likely to have a job than a non-disabled person with a NVQ Level 2 qualification
    more likely to have a job than a non-disabled person with no qualifications
    more likely to have a job than a non-disabled person with 5 GCSEs and 3 ‘A’ Levels


  1. What percentage of people with disability are in employment in the UK workforce?
    19%
    39%
    49%
    79%


  1. What percentage of people in the UK with learning disabilities are in paid work?
    17%
    27%
    37%
    77%


  1. Under the Disability Discrimination Act, employers must make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to enable a disabled person to work or continue working: e.g. they must make adjustments to any procedure/practice or any physical feature, which may place a disabled person at a disadvantage. Which of the following statistics are true regarding ‘reasonable adjustments’?
    95% of adjustments cost less than £5,000
    50% of adjustments costs less than £7,500
    75% of adjustments cost less than £20,000
    60% of adjustments costs less than £30,000


  1. What percentage of people with mental health problems are unemployed?
    40%
    50%
    70%
    80%


  1. What proportion of employers readily admit that they would not employ someone with a history of mental illness?
    1 in 5
    2 in 5
    3 in 5
    4 in 5


  1. What percentage of children are at any one time, dealing with a mental health problems?
    2%
    7%
    11%
    25%


  1. What percentage of people with a recognised mental health problem need in-patient psychiatric treatment?
    2%
    8%
    18%
    52%


  1. What is the spending power of the 'disabled population' in the UK?
    £30 million
    £30 billion
    £50 million
    £50 billion


  1. Can you tell us where we might contact you?


  1. Please return your answers to the Personnel Office by pressing the 'submit' button below. Alternatively you can send a printed copy to personnel. There is a Word version on the front page of the Learning Curve. All correct answers will go into a draw for a Luxury Fairtrade Hamper





Geoff Rebbeck
Thanet College
Broadstairs