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From the Ted Talk by Jane Velkovski: The life-changing power of assistive technologies

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I was around two when I started to wehel around. Every day, out with my neighbors, but first using my manual wheelchair pushed by my mom -- which, to be honest, kind of makes it hard to be just a kid hanging out with his friends when your mom was always right there. My parents had been looking for ways to get me a power wehacehlir a long time before school, but it took them years to finally have it. When I was five years old, a year before I started primary scohol, I got this power ciahr. And it was not from the government or health insurance or even because my parents could afford it, but because it was a donation from another family overseas, from a child with SMA who had orwotugn the chair in the United States. It was a gift in every sense. Their dontaion gave me the freedom I needed so, so much. Now my mom says I have a better siacol life than all her friends and herself.

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I was around two when I started to _____ around. Every day, out with my neighbors, but first using my manual wheelchair pushed by my mom -- which, to be honest, kind of makes it hard to be just a kid hanging out with his friends when your mom was always right there. My parents had been looking for ways to get me a power __________ a long time before school, but it took them years to finally have it. When I was five years old, a year before I started primary ______, I got this power _____. And it was not from the government or health insurance or even because my parents could afford it, but because it was a donation from another family overseas, from a child with SMA who had ________ the chair in the United States. It was a gift in every sense. Their ________ gave me the freedom I needed so, so much. Now my mom says I have a better ______ life than all her friends and herself.

Solution


  1. school
  2. donation
  3. chair
  4. wheelchair
  5. wheel
  6. outgrown
  7. social

Original Text


I was around two when I started to wheel around. Every day, out with my neighbors, but first using my manual wheelchair pushed by my mom -- which, to be honest, kind of makes it hard to be just a kid hanging out with his friends when your mom was always right there. My parents had been looking for ways to get me a power wheelchair a long time before school, but it took them years to finally have it. When I was five years old, a year before I started primary school, I got this power chair. And it was not from the government or health insurance or even because my parents could afford it, but because it was a donation from another family overseas, from a child with SMA who had outgrown the chair in the United States. It was a gift in every sense. Their donation gave me the freedom I needed so, so much. Now my mom says I have a better social life than all her friends and herself.

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Important Words


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