Thursday, September 27, 2012

Paralympians – 2012


Paralympians – 2012
1. What challenges do they face? Personal / social?
The long time they train and saving money work hard.
2. Who are they?Definition?caregories?/how many?
They are a disabled person who enters the Olympics
164 countries are involved in the Paralympics
Mentally challenged, blind, dwarfism, wheelchair, cerebral palsy, amputee
3- When did the Paralympics start?
It started in 1948 in UK
4-what have they achieved since the start of the Paralympians? UAE athletes, since they started participating?
Support training in UAE, they were supported with equipment’s, recognition by true athletes and they won 259 medals.

Vocabulary:
Disability: people who have a mind challenge or a physical challenge.
Amputee: a person who lost an arm or a leg…etc.
Cerebral palsy: brain disorder.
Intellectual disability: mental retardation.
Dwarfism: its genetic disorder which causes being a dwarf or dwarfed.
Multiple sclerosis: a chronic nervous disorder.
Congenital disorder: birth defect.

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