NICK JAMES VUJICIC
FACTS CHILDHOOD AND EARLY
Nick Vujicic was born to
Dushka and Boris Vujicic
in 1982 in Melbourne,
Australia. Although he
was an otherwise healthy
baby, Nick was born
without arms and legs; he
had no legs, but two small
feet, one of which had
two toes. Nick has two
siblings, Michelle and
Aaron. Initially, a Victoria
state law prevented Nick
from attending a
mainstream school due to
his physical disability in
spite of a lack of mental
impairment. However,
Vujicic became one of the
first physically disabled
students integrated into a
mainstream school once
those laws changed.
However, his lack of limbs
made him a target for
school bullies, and he fell
into a severe depression.
At age eight, he
contemplated suicide and
even tried to drown
himself in his bathtub at
age ten; his love for his
parents prevented him
from following through.
He also stated in his music
video "Something More"
that God had a plan for his
CAREER
LIFR
Nicholas James Vujicic the
eldest son of Dushka and
Boris was born in
Melbourne, Australia, on
December 4, 1982. The
infant, though healthy in
all other aspects, was
born with autosomal
recessive tetra-amelia, a
rare condition where the
child has no limbs at all,
except feet with just two
toes.
Initially, it was quite
difficult for the child and
his family to cope up with
the troubles that
accompany the absence
of hands and legs. He
wasn't even allowed to
study in a normal school,
even though there was
nothing wrong with his
IQ.
He gradually learnt to use
his feet to write, type,
play, and shave. He
pursued his secondary
education from the
'Runcorn State High
School', Queensland,
Australia, where he was
also the head boy. He was
also on the student
ACHIEVEMENTS
When Nick, as he is He founded the Life
known, turned seventeen, Without Limbs Foundation
he started delivering at only 17 years old.
speeches in his church
group. He earned a Despite his physical
Bachelor's degree in limitations, he completed
Commerce, specializing in his degree with a double
financial planning and major in Accounting and
accountancy, from the Financial Planning at 21
'Griffith University' in years old.
Queensland.
He released a motivational
As a speaker, he mainly short film, entitled "Life's
addresses school children, Greater Purpose.”
young adults, and working
He was nominated Young
professionals. He has also
Australian of the Year in
spoken at various
2005 for his foundation
churches, all across the
and
globe, because he
inspirational/motivational
believes that Christ loves
speaking.
him as He loves all his
children. In 2006, he founded his
very own company,
In his career, Nick has
“Attitude Is Altitude,”
travelled to more than
which is dedicated to
sixty countries around the
public speaking and
world, and has touched
evangelism.
the lives of millions of
people. In 2005, he His first book, "Life Without
established an NGO Limits: Inspiration for a
named 'Life Without Ridiculously Good Life"
Limbs', which has its became popular rather
headquarters in Agoura quickly, resulting in his
Hills, California. invitations to be
interviewed on shows such
In the same year, Vujicic
as 20/20 and 60 Minutes.
released the DVD of a
documentary movie, “The Butterfly Circus,” a
life and he could not bring
himself to drown because
of this.
Nick prayed very hard that
God would give him arms
and legs, and initially told
God that, if his prayer
remained unanswered,
Nick would not praise him
indefinitely. However, a
key turning point in his
faith came when his
mother showed him a
newspaper article about a
man dealing with a severe
disability. Vujicic realized
he wasn't unique in his
struggles and began to
embrace his lack of limbs.
After this, Nick realized his
accomplishments could
inspire others and became
grateful for his life.
Nick gradually figured out
how to live a full life
without limbs, adapting
many of the daily skills
limbed people accomplish
without thinking. Nick
writes with two toes on
his left foot and a special
grip that slid onto his big
toe. He knows how to use
a computer and can type
up to 45 words per
minute using the "heel
and toe" method. He has
also learned to throw
tennis balls, play drum
pedals, get a glass of
water, comb his hair,
council that carried out titled 'Life's Greater film in which he was
humanitarian work. Purpose'. The film talks featured, won first prize at
about the motivational the Method Film Festival,
speaker's childhood, how received a Doorstop Film
he learned to use Award, and gave Nick his
whatever was there of his first “Best Actor” award.
limbs, and his married life.
In 2010, “The Butterfly
In March 2008, Nick Circus" won the “Best Short
appeared in the '20/20' Film” Award at the Feel
television series aired in Good Film Festival.
the United States, for an
interview, taken by
presenter Bob Cummings.
In 2009, Vujicic featured
in a short film titled 'The
Butterfly Circus', directed
by Joshua Weigel. It also
starred Mexican actor,
Eduardo Verástegui, and
American Doug Jones.
The movie won a lot of
accolades, including the
first prize awarded by the
'Doorpost Film Project',
and the 'Best Short Film'
at the 'Method Fest
Independent Film
Festival', as well as the
'The Feel Good Film
Festival'.
In 2010, Nick wrote a
book, 'Life Without Limits:
Inspiration for a
Ridiculously Good Life',
under the banner of
publishing company,
'Random House'. He also
released a DVD titled
'Biography of a
Determined Man of Faith'.
Vujicic gave a heart-
rending speech in
 brush his teeth, answer
the phone and shave, in
addition to participating in
golf, swimming, and even
sky-diving.
Switzerland, at the 'World
Economic Forum', for
their Annual Meeting's
special session, 'Inspired
for a Lifetime', in 2011

During secondary school,

he was elected captain of
MacGregor State in
Queensland and worked
with the student council
on fundraising events for
local charities and
disability campaigns.
When he was seventeen,
he started to give talks at
his prayer group, and later
founded his non-profit
organization, Life Without
Limbs.
2.

LEARNERS WITH IDENTIFICATION LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS

DIFFICULTY

1.Learners who are  Locate the students fomain giftedness
gifted and talented  Describe the atudents level of giftedness
 Describe the students fields of talent.
Not all learners will exhibit the
learning characteristics.
However, these are the common
manifestations of gifted and
talented learners. One mights
posess a conbination of
characteristics in varying degress
and amounts

2. Learners with  Learners with dificulty seeing often
difficult seeing physical signs such as crossed
eyes,squinting and eyes that turn
outwards. They may also be
clumsy,usually bumping into objects
which causes them to fall down.
 They are also show poor eyed
coordintion
Good visual ability is critical in
learning. Learners with difficulty
seeing have restricted ways to
learn incidentally from their
surroundings since most of them
through visual clues. Beacuse of
this th other senses are used to
acquire knowledge. Due to
limited ability to explore the
environment,low kotivation to
discover is present.

3. Learners with  Speking loudly Since much learning is acquired

difficult hearing  Does not mind loud noises
 Positioning ear toeard the direction of
the one speaking
 Delayed development of speech
 Faboring one ear
 Has difficulty following directions
 Learning close to the source of sounds
through hearing,students with
hearing problems have
deficiencies in language and
their experiences. Since they
may miss out on daily
conversations,they may miss
crucial information that non
hearing impaired students learb
incidentally. Students may
overcome these problens by
investing time,energy,and a
combined effort by both parents
and educators.

4.Learners with  Case history and physical examination Children with communication
difficult  Hearing disorders frequently struggle
communicating across social settings,whether at
 Hearing
home,school or in other places
 Articulation
in the communication. Limited
 Ponological awareness and processing vocabulary,incorrect grammar or
  Overall language development and
vocabulary
 Assessment of language function
 Language sample and observation in
natural settings
syntax, expressive repitition of
information, difficulty in
formilating questions,difficulty
construcring sentences.

5. Learners with  Development coordination disorder Motor difficulties and abilities

difficult  Stereotypic movement disorder are known to significantly affect
walking/moving a childs ability to perform daily
activities which include
memory,perception and
processing,planning,carying out
coordinated movements. It also
affects psychosocial funstioning
as children report to symptoms
of being depressed and anxious
as well as display externalizing.

6. Learners with  Dyslexia often times, learning

difficulty  Dyscalculia characteristics refer to the
remembering and difficulties and challenges
 Dysgraphia
focusing experienced bybstudents with
 Does not pay attention
I.D and ADHD. It is equally
 Finds it dofficult to sustain attention in important to present their
tasks strenghts and abilities alingside
 Easily distracted and sidetracked by their challenges as there can be
extraneous stimuli used to help create a positive
 Shows a tendency to be forgetful in daily niche for students. Students with
tasks I.D are known tonhave a
 Appears not listen or distracted when challenge in language,literacy
and memory as well as in math,
spoken directly
writing and focusing skills.

7. Learners with  Young children suspected to have
difficulty with self- cognitive deficits which manifest as
care difficulties with self care can be identified
at a very young age. The traditional
approach to measuring levels of severity
of ID was determined through the use of
intelectual tests.
 Mild level,moderate,severe,profound.
Students who have difficulty
wirh self care oftentimes reach
developmental milestones at a
large age compared to typically
developing peers. They learn to
sit up,crawl,walk,andtalk than
other children and may have
trouble remembering and
understanding the consequences
of actions.
10. Self care:Cleaning teeth

Procedures;

How to brush your teeth

Aim the toothbrush at a 45 degree angle towards the gum line.

Use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste.

Use a gentle circular motion.

Repeat on the inside surfaces.

Use a light back and forth motion on the chewing surfaces.

Spit out the toothpaste after brushing

Self care is important to maintain a healthy relationships with yourself as it produces positive feelings
and self - confidence