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7.5 A day in my shoes

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1 Choose

What is the meaning of the title "A day in my shoes"? Choose the correct explanation

2 Everyday Life

What is your everyday life like? What do you do every day from morning till evening? Speak about it. The questions can help you.

What time do you wake up? When do you get up? What do you do before you go to school? How do you go to school? When do you come home from school?
What time do you have lunch? What do you do after lunch? What do you do in your free time? What do you usually do in the evening? What time do you mostly go to sleep?

3 Life without Limbs

Read the text about Nick Vujicic and do the tasks.

Now imagine your everyday life without arms and legs. You may think that it’s not possible to live a normal everyday life with such a shocking disability but you are wrong. Nicholas James Vujicic is an extraordinary Serbian Australian evangelist. He was born in 1982 without his legs or arms. In spite of his condition, he’s an author, musician, actor, and his hobbies include, swimming, painting and fishing.
Life without limits, Unstoppable and Stand Strong are some of the titles of his books that uncover his positive life attitude.
Although he doesn’t have limbs he manages to lead a happy and fulfilled life and shares his story with people all around the world. With his positivity he helps people to stay strong in their times of trouble and never lose hope.
Nick Vujicic is married and has four children. He’s only 99 cm tall but you can call him everything but a small man.

Explain your choice. Speak.

4 International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Read about different disabilities. What can you do?

International Day of People with Disabilities takes place every year on 3rd December. Its aim is to promote well-being and rights of persons with disabilities. All people, including people with disabilities, can be valuable members of our society. Inclusion is not only about securing the rights of persons with disability but this is the best way to celebrate humanity.

What helps people with disabilities overcome them? Match.

5 How much do you know about disabilities?

What you can do when you meet a person with disability depends on what kind of disability they have. Here are examples of how you should behave. Which disability is behind the situation? Write.

Use: deaf or hard of hearing, vision impairment, physical disability

6 Tolerance

Do you have any ideas how to behave when around persons with disability? Share your ideas with your classmates. Speak about it.