Learning activity 2

Evidence: Life from a wheelchair

Fuente: SENA

About 1 in every 100 people is handicapped and uses a wheelchair. Therefore,

there are about 80 million people in wheelchairs in the world. That is twice the
population of Colombia! But what is it like to live in a wheelchair?

Watch the video “Perfectly abled life on campus with a disability” in the next link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr5hHmZbQHw

After you wa t ch t he vid e o a n swe r the following qu e st ion s . Use a n y

voice recording software to record your answers and send the file as evidence.

Use mixed conditional sentences (at least 4 examples), the idioms, vocabulary
and ideas about flexibility and adaptability studied in this learning activity (at least
8 words from the vocabulary). Remember to use connectors and punctuation.

What does Ashley do to make a living?

Ashley in her life studies communication to overcome and show that her disability
is not an excuse to survive

How does your condition affect your daily activities and how do you deal with it
That?
Its condition of the affectation in several things one of them is the climate in the
winter of its mobility it has moved to the school, also it has been affected

What is your attitude towards life? Do you feel disabled of certain activities?

She is very positive, and her actions prove it. She shows it when she goes
swimming and the people who see her are astounded to see her, she can also do
her basic needs with ease and even jokes with her friends doing them in her chair.
But he feels affected by being able to run and it's something that he's passionate
about, just like the guys who see him as if he were a monster

How would your life be different if you were disabled and had to use a wheelchair?
What would be different for you? (Use mixed conditionals in the answer).

My life would change a lot, I think I do not have that facility with which these people
see life, many times I think that there is not a being capable of doing something,
and now you have a very inconclusive serious limitation, I believe that they were
born with a disability physical but with a mental capacity that gives them the
strength to face those problems

How do you react when you have to interact with a disabled person?

I react very normal I am lucky to live with such a person, he is not in the wheelchair
but, when he was the girl he gave him polio so he grew one leg more than the other,
and she taught me every day that the life is beautiful and that can be faced for any
way, that there is no disability to enjoy oneself this widow, that the most important
thing is to have the attitude and a smile always

How can it help improve the lives of people with disabilities?

I believe that the greatest contribution for such a person is as a normal person,
there are no obstacles that have never been put, and why are we the ones that
make them disabled
When you finish your work, send the file to your instructor through the platform as
follows:

1. Click on the title of this evidence.

2. Click on Examinar mi equipo and look for the file in your computer. Make sure
the file is attached.
3. Leave a comment for the instructor (optional).
4. Click Enviar.
Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning guide
in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to develop
them and deliver them correctly.

Criterios de evaluación
Combina diferentes condicionales para expresar ideas en el contexto
requerido.

Expresa ideas sobre flexibilidad y adaptabilidad en diferentes contextos de

la vida, usando el vocabulario requerido.

References

Andersen, E. (2010). Perfectly abled life on campus with a disability. Consultado

el 03 de noviembre de 2014, en
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr5hHmZbQHw