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  STUDENT'S WORKSHEET |The Manipulatory Disabled
3.2.1. The Manipulatory Disabled
     
  Activity 1  
   

:: Your teacher will give you a scarf that you will tie round your arm in a sling. Don't take it off.

 

 
  Activity 2  
   

:: Select six words from the Feelings Words List to describe your feelings while you could not move your hand and/or arm. Then make sentences and give a reason.

Example:

 
   

I

felt awkward because I
could not open my book.

 

 
   
I felt     I  
  was   because    
  looked        
           
           
           

 

 
  Activity 3  
   

:: Read your sentences aloud and comment on your feelings with your classmates.

 

 
  Activity 4  
   

:: Read 3.1 The Manipulatory Disabled | A) Some Basic Characteristics and then complete the following cluster map with the basic characteristics of the manipulatory disabled.

:: Of course, you may want to include others which are not in the text (you should write the linking words on the arrows).

 
       
   

 

  Activity 5  
   

:: Read 3.1 The Manipulatory Disabled | B) Accessible Environments and the Manipulatory Disabled.

:: Tick (This is an example tick icon ) to show the characteristics (there may be more than one) the elements should fulfill to suit the needs of a person with manipulatory problems.

:: Write a cross (x) if the element is not at all suitable for the manipulatory disabled.

:: Tick (This is an example tick icon ) to decide whether these elements should be avoided or adopted for the manipulatory disabled.

 
 
In public
spaces/facilities
Free of obstacles Non-skidding No higher than 1.40 m To be avoided To be adopted
Public telephone          
Heavy doors          
Automatic controls          
Small switches          
Double handrail on both sides of steps and ramps          
Round door knobs          

 

  Activity 6  
   

:: Read and comment on the above chart with your classmates.

 

 
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