Response to text: Disability in the Paralympics

 Disability in the Paralympics

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1. The method used throughout the Paralympics movement to create and run fair athletic competitions is called

a) Ability Classification                    b) Disability Classification

c) Natural Classification                             d) Artificial Classification

2. To qualify for the Paralympics an athlete who is an amputee might have 

a) a leg missing                 b) a toe missing

c) a finger missing                   d) no hair

3. Cerebral Palsy is a genetic disease that affects

a) your height (how tall you are) b) the colour of your hair

c) how the brain works             d) how a computer works

4. List some of the problems that a person with an intellectual disability might have

→Academic performance, communication skills, community living skills, the ability of the athletes to safely care for themselves, and their ability to live on their own are the standards against which the disability is assessed.

5. True or False: An athlete with quadriplegia needs to use a wheelchair to compete

a) True b) False

6. Vision impaired athletes have lost their sense of  

a) hearing                         b) touch

c) taste                                              d) sight

7. What is the mission of Paralympic Sports?

→To promote and contribute to the development of sport opportunities and competitions, from initiation to elite level, for Paralympic athletes as the foundation of elite Paralympic sport.