Answers1 When I was 15, a member of my local community approached my parents and wanted to nominate me for acommunity achievement award.2 This kid had only ever experienced disabled people as objects of inspiration.3 I wasn't doing anything that was out of the ordinary at al.

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Answers1 F ('I went to school.')2 F ('I had a very low-key after school job in my hairdressing salon.')3 Т4 F ('We've been able to propagate this lie even further via social media')5 F ('We do overcome some things.. They are not things to do with our bodies.')6 T7 F ('That quote, "The only disability in life is a bad attitude," it's just not true, because of the social model of disability.')8 F ('I want to live in a world where we don't havesuch low expectations of disabled people that we are congratulated for getting out of bed.')

Answers1 an achievement award2 that Young hadn't achieved anything3 The student had only ever known them as objects of inspiration.4 That disability makes you exceptional

Transcript and subtitles1 I had a very normal, low-key kind of upbringing. a unusual b quiet c painful2 I wasn't doing anything that was out of the ordinary at all. a usual b special c helpful3 I wasn't doing anything that could be considered an achievement if you took disability out of the equation. a removed b reduced c reconsidered4. And that's when it dawned on me: This kid had only ever experienced disabled people as objects of inspiration. a l said b I forgot c I realized﻿﻿5. I've lost count of the number of times that I've been approached by strangers wanting to tell me that they think I'm brave or inspirational.a I can't remember b I don't understand c l'm angry about

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Answers1 'The only disability in life is a bad attitude' is a lie.2 Smiling at stairs won't turn them into a ramp.3 Smiling at a TV won't make closed captions appear.4 Radiating a positive attitude in a bookshop won't turn the books into Braille.5 Being disabled isn't an achievement.

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Answers1 A strong, fierce, flawed adult woman2. It was controversial because it would be unacceptable to use about someone else, so she challenged preconceptions by using it of herself.3. ﻿﻿She worked as a journalist writing columns, blogs and for radio. The teaching qualification may have helped her spread her message in a way that made people listen.4 She collaborated with the Australian government, toured for the US government and spoke on the radio and TV to spread a different message about disability.

Answers1 F - Her parents treated her exactly like their other offspring.2 F - She laughed all the way through.3 T4 F - on social media5 T

Answers<ol><li>﻿﻿When I first watched Maysoon Zayid's TED Talk, ...</li><li>﻿﻿She begins by forthrightly saying that she isn't drunk but has cerebral palsy …</li><li>﻿﻿By answering the unasked question in everyone's minds, she clears the way for what she has to say.</li><li>﻿﻿The main content of her talk covers how she grew up in New Jersey with three older sisters ...</li><li>﻿﻿She went to the same schools as her siblings....</li></ol>

Answers<ol><li>inspirational, vibrant and funny</li><li>﻿﻿Why do you shake like that?</li><li>﻿﻿She turned to comedy.</li><li>﻿﻿It has inspired her to take up something she's been too shy to do.</li></ol>

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