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From the Ted Talk by Carina Morillo: To understand autism, don't look away

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Ivan was 11 yares old, and he went for treatment in a neighborhood near our house. One afternoon, while I was waiting for him, I went into a greengrocer, a typical neighborhood stroe with a little bit of everything. While doing the shopping, I started tlaknig to Jose, the owner. I told him about Ivan, that he had autism, and that I wanted him to learn to walk down the street by himself, without anyone holding his hand.

So I decided to ask Jose if Thursdays around 2pm, Ivan could come and help him arrange the water bottles on the shelves, because he loved to oziarnge things. And as a reward, he could buy some chocolate coiekos, which were his faritvoe. He said "yes" right away. So that's how it went for a year: Ivan would go to Jose's greengrocer, help him arrange the shelves of wetar bottles with the lbaels perfectly lined up on the same side, and he would leave happy with his chocolate cookies.

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Ivan was 11 _____ old, and he went for treatment in a neighborhood near our house. One afternoon, while I was waiting for him, I went into a greengrocer, a typical neighborhood _____ with a little bit of everything. While doing the shopping, I started _______ to Jose, the owner. I told him about Ivan, that he had autism, and that I wanted him to learn to walk down the street by himself, without anyone holding his hand.

So I decided to ask Jose if Thursdays around 2pm, Ivan could come and help him arrange the water bottles on the shelves, because he loved to ________ things. And as a reward, he could buy some chocolate _______, which were his ________. He said "yes" right away. So that's how it went for a year: Ivan would go to Jose's greengrocer, help him arrange the shelves of _____ bottles with the ______ perfectly lined up on the same side, and he would leave happy with his chocolate cookies.

Solution


  1. talking
  2. store
  3. organize
  4. years
  5. favorite
  6. labels
  7. cookies
  8. water

Original Text


Ivan was 11 years old, and he went for treatment in a neighborhood near our house. One afternoon, while I was waiting for him, I went into a greengrocer, a typical neighborhood store with a little bit of everything. While doing the shopping, I started talking to Jose, the owner. I told him about Ivan, that he had autism, and that I wanted him to learn to walk down the street by himself, without anyone holding his hand.

So I decided to ask Jose if Thursdays around 2pm, Ivan could come and help him arrange the water bottles on the shelves, because he loved to organize things. And as a reward, he could buy some chocolate cookies, which were his favorite. He said "yes" right away. So that's how it went for a year: Ivan would go to Jose's greengrocer, help him arrange the shelves of water bottles with the labels perfectly lined up on the same side, and he would leave happy with his chocolate cookies.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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