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 Overcoming a Disability

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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

→ Vujicic was born in 1982 with no limbs. He claims that as a child he suffered ridicule and discrimination,He is currently giving motivational talks around the world, has written several books and is a regular on talk shows and TV programs.

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. 

→These are some of the best-known personalities at the international level and with the most famous histories of improvement, so that is why they are amazing and wonderful people to us.

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