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

a) True b) False

5. Vision impaired athletes have lost their sense of  

a) hearing                         b) touch

c) taste                                              d) sight

6. What is the mission of Paralympic Sports?

→ To help and make people who are affected with disabilities braver.