Response to text: Overcoming a Disability

Overcoming a Disability

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1. Frida Kahlo is a famous

a) Singer                                                b) Athlete

c) Artist                                                         d) Actress

2. John Nash is an American mathematician who won 

a) A Gold Medal at the Paralympics                     b) The Nobel Prize in Physics

c) An Oscar for the movie ‘Beautiful Mind’         d) The Nobel Prize in Economics

3. Stephen Hawking was a famous Scientist who had to communicate using

a) Sign Language                             b) Singing

c) A Voice Synthesiser                                d) Text Messaging

4. List 2 facts about Nick Vujicic

→ Nick Vujicic is another world famous person also with a disability. His career is acting

on the show called “The Butterfly Circus”.

5. True or False: Andrea Boccelli became completely blind at the age of 12

a) True b) False

6. Michael J Fox suffers from 

a) Paraplegia                                                b) Parkinson’s Disease

c) Schizophrenia                                d) Muscular Dystrophy

7. Explain why the celebrities mentioned above are amazing people. 

→Celebrities with disabilities are amazing people because they amaze people and amaze

people with disabilities to overcome their fear of going out into the world and not showing who they really are.