Naomi Response to text: Overcoming a Disability

Overcoming a Disability

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

1. Frida Kahlo is a famous

a) Singer                                                b) Athlete

c) Artist                                                         d) Actress

2. John Nash is an American mathematician who won 

a) A Gold Medal at the Paralympics                     b) The Nobel Prize in Physics

c) An Oscar for the movie ‘Beautiful Mind’         d) The Nobel Prize in Economics

3. Stephen Hawking was a famous Scientist who had to communicate using

a) Sign Language                             b) Singing

c) A Voice Synthesiser                                d) Text Messaging

4. List 2 facts about Nick Vujicic

→Nick Vujicic is another famous celebrity with a disability! He was born in 1982 with no limbs :c

When he was younger, he claimed that he had suffered ridicule and discrisimination. 

5. True or False: Andrea Boccelli became completely blind at the age of 12

a) True b) False

6. Michael J Fox suffers from 

a) Paraplegia                                                b) Parkinson’s Disease

c) Schizophrenia                                d) Muscular Dystrophy

7. Explain why the celebrities mentioned above are amazing people. 

→They are just not amazing people.

They are also special, awesome and great! They worked so hard to get where they are now!

<3 They are also brave and keep on working hard! :3