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?

She is a communications student. She spent her life between her university,
her friend and her family. If she hadn't had aspirations to overcome
her
disability, she would not have been happy.
She is a communications student. She spent her life between her university,her
friend and her family. If she hadn't had aspirations to overcome her
disability, she would not have been happy.

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

Being a person with a disability is quite a challenging condition, her university was
not perfectly qualified for life on campus with a disability, adding that not all people
are empathic, she had a bit of trouble geting to her classes on time because of the
traffic of people , handle everyring positively.

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

Ashley has a positive outlook on life. She feels capable of doing things for herself,
like going to bed, she feels capable of swimming. her attitude to her life is that of a
happy person and that she never gives up until she achieves her goals, she feels
unable to perform certain activities, but her parents always support her.

 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).

If I had a disability and had to use a wheelchair, I would not know how to domy
daily activities as I usually do, because I could not move so fast from aplace, it
would be something unexpected, something to which I'm not used toit, I would
probably get depressed, people who have a disability are warriors and very strong.

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

When I interact with a handicapped person, I react in a way friendly. I try to be very
nice with that person so that it ca have a great time and it can feel very happy.

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

If I am a kind person, I will help to understand these people. If I have a positive

attitude, they will see life in a positive way. If I share time with them, they will
understand that they are important to society.