Last week I asked about specific activities and if you thought someone could do them if they were in a wheelchair. The following videos demonstrate that even if you are in a wheelchair you can still live your life and enjoy any activity you want....you just have to find a way to do it.
I want you to watch at least four of these, but feel free to watch them all. After you watch them, just reflect on what you saw. Tell me how it made you feel. Tell me what you thought. Just give me a reflection on what impressed you, what surprised you, and maybe even if it inspired you. This will be due Friday, February 5.
Skateboarding
Mountain Climbing
Rugby
Fencing
High Jump
Football
Softball
Tennis
Bowling
Soccer
Hockey
Paragliding
Dancing (This wasn't on the list, but I found it and thought it was cool)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Wow!Thats amazing. I didn't think that someone who had to spend their time in a wheel chair could do that! Some people without disabilities can't do those things that the people with orthopedic impairments can! Climbing Mount Everst?!?! Wow! Using a wheel chair to dfo backflips at a skatepark? I can definitely NOT do that! I think it takes a lot of strength to do that. Its amazing!
ReplyDeleteHadiqa Z. :D
I was just really amazed that there were so many possobilities that people with this certain imparment can do and how the world is progressing and opening up new doors for people who don't exactly have a "normal" life.
ReplyDeleteMORGAN
hannah f
ReplyDeletei think its amazing that people with orthepedic impairment have the ability to do things that people dont believe they can actually do. Such as soccer,things have to be changed but the kids practice and they end up having fun. I thought people with orthopedic impairment couldnt do many things but watching these videos inspired me that because you think something,doesnt mean it cant be done
GILLIAN L.
ReplyDeleteI SAW THE WHEELCHAIR SKATEBOARDING ONE!! IT WAS AMAZING! HE REALLY DID A BACKFLIP! I COULDNT EVEN DO THAT AND IM NOT IN A WHEEL CHAIR!
ALSO I WATCHED THE HIGH JUMP ONE! IT WASNT WHAT I EXPECTED BUT IT WAS VERY COOL!
THE PARAGLIDING ONE WAS REALLY COOL TOO! IT WAS COOL HOW HE JUST FLEW OF THE CLIFF. HE JUST KEPT FLYING, I THOUGHT HE WOULD FALL AND DIE! =.(
I SAW THE RUGBY ONE TOO! IT WAS COOL HOW FAST THEY WENT! I LIKED SEEING THE PLAYERS GET TO DO SOMTHING THAT AWESOME!!!!!!
GO THEM!!!!!!!! =D
I really think that its cool that they have theses tyep of sports to let peapol in a wheelchair do sports. madison i
ReplyDeleteI thought the videos were cool, and thought it was nice that even if you're handicapped, you could do the same things a non handicapped person could do.
ReplyDelete-Sam F.
I think it is really cool how they all try so hard to do what they wanna do. I think it might be a little easier for them to grind because they have the little thing under their wheel chair and the wheels just hang on the side of it so i think it could be easier. I like how they can do the high jumps. Maybe the girl who did the high jump can go higher next time if she keeps practicing. I also think it would be harder for them to play football because the are trying hard to watch the ball and roll them self to catch it. It might be harder for most of them to do that.
ReplyDeleteVanessa A.
MADELINE R. ;)
ReplyDeleteI loved the wheelchair skateboarding one!!! I didnt know that people with orthopedic impairments could be THAT good at that! And when I saw tha first ever landed wheelchair skateboarding backflip, I thought that, that was AMAZING!!!!!!! I also liked the Team Everest video even though it was pretty short. That guys dream was to go to the Himalayas ver since he was little! And he actually got to do it!!
I aslo learned that the Rugby one was in the 2008 Beijing Olympics! WOW that was really cool! They were moving really fast and made a lot of goals!
I wasnt very inpressed with the high jump. :( I thought that it wasnt very high. But she acheived her goal and it was probably really something for her.
The dancing one was REALLY COOL!!!! They do a lot of spinning and work with their arms.
Over all, I thought everything was really cool!
I thought it was really cool to see that these people with these disabilities could still do really fun stuff! These videos are awesome! I never would of thought that people in a wheel chair could do fun things too!
ReplyDeleteASHLEIGH S :D
I thought it was so amazing how they could do all those sports so easily. They were all incredible and the people in those videos didn't let their disability stop them from doing what they love.
ReplyDeletei think its really kool that all of them try to accomplish what they want to do
ReplyDelete-aleesa
I liked their perserveriance. When they failed they tried again.I liked how anyone could play and that even if you couldn't move your arms or legs you could still dance. It taught me that no matter what if I try again I will suceed.
ReplyDeleteSamantha M. :)
These videos were amazing, especially they guy dojng the backflips. It was really cool how even if you had an impairment you still get the chance to do sports. When I was watching the soccer one, there was a little girl and she looked really happy to be playing soccer.
ReplyDeletemackenzie j
i think that skateboarding in a wheel chair is impossiblebut u dont use a skateboard ,u use a wheelchair
ReplyDeleteAdrian
i did not think they can do that i liked the scatebording one
ReplyDeleteI think these people have alot of courage to do things like paragliding when they are in a wheelchair. It would be very hard to land and it would be scary. They had to work hard and never give up. Talk about perserverence. I loved how in dancing they partnered up and helped each other. They must have had to practice alot. I realy doubted they could play soccer without there feet, but it was cool how they found a way to play it. I was also surprized when they showed the jumping over the pole (I dont know what it is called). It was cool how all these people take time out of there day to help these people do things they want to do.
ReplyDeleteKyrie R.
i think its pretty cool that they can do all those things while they cant really use their legs!! i watched one that inspired me so much!! it was the one where they could go paragliding!! i think everyone who is in a wheel chair should do just that! that was really awsome!! i would help people like that to accomplish what they want to do like climbing to mount everest!! that was awsome!!!
ReplyDeletesteffany p.
period 2
2/2/10 (my birthday)