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 watch the video answer the following questions. Use any 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 for a living?

• How does her condition affect her daily activities and how does she deal with
it?
• What is her attitude towards life? Does she feel disabled from certain activities?
• How would your life be different if you were handicapped and had to use a
wheelchair? What would be different for you? (Use mixed conditionals in the
answer).

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

• How can you contribute to improve the life of handicapped people?

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
SOLUTION

• What does Ashley do for a living?

Ashley sings at certain times of the day and has to leave her bedroom earlier than usual.

• How does her condition affect her daily activities and how does she deal with it?

She finds it difficult to write fast and for the extreme weather it takes Ashley a few
minutes more to go to classes in the snow. She has to deal with the guys who look at her
with fear, but she lets go with the flow.

• What is her attitude towards life? Does she feel disabled from certain activities?

Her attitude is positive in front of life. She feels able to swim and she leaves people high
and dry, because many people believe that she can´t do it.
She feels able to transfer to her bed. If she didn´t have that positive attitude toward life,
she would have failed in all the situations that come up daily.
She feels incapacitated to do certain activities like running, she doesn´t know what that
feeling is.
She would want to know what it feels like to walk or run. If she hadn´t been lucky enough
to have her parents by her side, she wouldn´t have been able to learn to do many other
things.

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

My life would be completely different if I didn´t have my body functioning normally, since
in many aspects of life we have to use our limbs and senses to do different daily
activities. But I think that many limitations are in our mind, we always have the open
mind to learn new things, to adapt to the changes and that nothing affects our
determination to get ahead.

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

My attitude is totally normal towards her, but at the same time it is also of service, since
that person may need my help at any time

• How can you contribute to improve the life of handicapped people?

I can contribute to improving the lives of people with disabilities, with my service in the
things that I may need.
I can contribute with my emotional support, it is important that you find ways to enjoy
your own life and feel that you can make a significant contribution to the world around
you despite your disability.