Question

1. mary jane wants to go to the mall, but the car is being used by her roommate - staff ask mary jane to wait an hour. this is a violation of mary janes rights.

true
false

1. people who have a disability:

do not have to earn their rights
must be supported to learn about and exercise their rights in their own way
have the same rights as everyone else
all the items listed here are correct

1. if a person has a disability, some of their rights are automatically limited or restricted

true
false

1. a legal guardian is:

a person authorized to make decisions for another person who has been determined by a court to be incompetent to manage his/her affairs and/or property
an employee of the state who makes decisions for a person receiving services when the person needs help deciding between service options
a person assigned to help someone receiving services to file a rights complaint with the division of long term care residents protection
all of the items listed here are correct

Explanation:

Analyze Question 1

The scenario describes a practical limitation (the car is currently in use by a roommate) rather than a denial of rights. Staff asking Mary Jane to wait an hour because of vehicle unavailability is a reasonable logistical coordination, not a rights violation. Under DDDS Policies, individuals have rights, but practical limitations like shared resource scheduling do not constitute a violation. Thus, the statement is False.

Analyze Question 2

People with disabilities inherently possess the same human and civil rights as everyone else. They do not need to "earn" these rights, and they should be supported to exercise them in their own way. Therefore, all three individual statements are correct, making "All the items listed here are correct" the right choice.

Analyze Question 3

A disability does not automatically limit or restrict a person's legal rights. Any restriction of rights must go through due process (such as a court-ordered guardianship or a specific, documented behavior support plan with human rights committee approval). Thus, the statement is False.

Analyze Question 4

A legal guardian is specifically defined by law as a person authorized by a court to make decisions for another individual who has been legally determined to be incompetent to manage their own affairs or property. The other options describe service coordinators, advocates, or state employees, which do not define a legal guardian.

Answer:

Question 1

• True
• False (Correct answer)

Question 2

• Do not have to earn their rights
• Must be supported to learn about and exercise their rights in their own way
• Have the same rights as everyone else
• All the items listed here are correct (Correct answer)

Question 3

• True
• False (Correct answer)

Question 4

• A person authorized to make decisions for another person who has been determined by a court to be incompetent to manage his/her affairs and/or property (Correct answer)
• An employee of the State who makes decisions for a person receiving services when the person needs help deciding between service options
• A person assigned to help someone receiving services to file a rights complaint with the Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection
• All of the items listed here are correct