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?

Ashly studies general communication at the University of Iowa.

• How does her condition affect her daily activities and how does she deal with it?
She finds it difficult to write fast, Ashley needs a few more minutes to go to classes in the snow.

She has to deal with the guys who look at her with fear, but she lets herself go with the flow.
• What is her attitude towards life? Does she feel disabled from certain activities?
her attitude is positive despite her disability she can still carry her own weight and she knows
how to swim. if she feels unable to climb the stairs and she would like to know what it feels like to
run.

• 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 were in a wheelchair I could not exercise, I couldn't do
errands, I think it would be very difficult because many of the jobs require movement, job
opportunities would be reduced and even having a partner or doing a family. I would still adapt
to change.

• How do you react when you have to interact with a handicapped person?
I don't feel disgust, if you ask me for help I give it to you whether you are blind, disabled, or old.

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

I could contribute by showing other people that the disabled have productive skills that
contribute in society, because I think they are absolutely normal people because they study, work
and have dreams and goals just like other 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