Talking about disability Part 2

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
   a handrail      a metal ramp      a wheelchair      an artificial limb      children with learning difficulties      crutches      deaf      guide dog      has cerebral palsy      have autism      reserved parking      uses      white stick   
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1. Find the things that might be useful for...

a) someone who has difficulty walking ==> or could be useful
b) someone who cannot use his or her legs ==> or might be useful
c) someone with a visual impairment ==> a or a could help
d) soneone who uses (or who is pushing) a wheelchair ==> or might be useful

2. The sentences below contain expressions that should be avoided. Rewrite them using more au-to-date language:

a) Their daughter is spastic. - Their daughter .
b) He is confined to a wheelschair. - He a wheelchair.
c) She went to chool for mentally handicapped children. - She went to school for .
d) They have four children. Two are normal and two are autistic. - They have four children. Two are normal and two .
e) The guy who repairs my bike is deaf and dumb. - The guy who repairs my bike is .