Disabilities

Part 1

1. What is a disability – can you define it and explain it with an example?

   
   

2. What types of disabilities do you know?

   
   
   
   

3. Do you know someone with a disability and if so, what have you learned from that relationship?

   
   

4. Do you know any famous people with disabilities?

   
   

5. Can you mention some adaptations that are made in society, for example when it comes to adapting spaces to make them more accessible to people with disabilities?

   
   

6. Do you know of any methods to help the disabled, such as how to help a blind person cross the street or communicate with them, such as using sign language?

   
   

7. Do you know what a Braille alphabet is and how it works?

   
   
   
   

8. Can you compare how people with disabilities are treated in Sweden and in your home country?

   
   
   
   

9. What things in life are harder for people with disabilities?

   
   

10. What do you think is harder for a person, a physical or mental disability? Explain your answer.

    
    

11. Is it harder to be born with a disability or to suffer from it later in life? Explain your answer.

    
    
    
    

12. Name 2 everyday activities that are much more difficult (or impossible) for a blind person than for people without that disability.

    
    

13. Name 2 everyday activities that are much more difficult (or impossible) for a deaf person than for people without that disability.

    
    

14. Name 2 everyday activities that are much more difficult (or impossible) for a person in a wheelchair than for people without that disability.

    
    

15. Name 2 everyday activities that are much more difficult (or impossible) for a person with a intellectual disability than for people without that disability.

    
    
    
    

16. How does a disability affect people psychologically?

    
    

17. Can disability make people mentally stronger?

    
    

18. Is it difficult to ask for help when one has a disability?

    
    

19. Why is it harder to become successful or famous with a disability?

    
    
    
    

20. What role does family play in the life of a person with a disability?

    
    

21. How can one raise a child with a disability to be a mentally healthy person?

    
    

22. Should parents with children with disabilities be more lenient towards them than towards the children without disabilities?

    
    

23. What kind of support should people with children with disabilities receive from society?

    
    
    
    

24. What do you think is better for a disabled child and their family - growing up in a specialized facility or in their own home?

    
    

25. What are the benefits of children with disabilities attending regular schools?

    
    

26. What are the benefits of children with disabilities attending schools adapted for such type of education?

    
    

27. Are there any disadvantages for other children when children with disabilities attend regular schools?

    
    

28. Do you think people with disabilities can hone other skills as compensation?

    
    

29. Should children with disabilities have lower criteria when it comes to grades than other children?

Part 2

30. Should people with disabilities work?

    
    

31. Can people with disabilities work in any job?

    
    

32. Why do you think people with disabilities have difficulty finding work?

    
    

33. Are some talents lost to society because people with disabilities have difficulty getting a good education and work?

    
    
    
    

34. Is it more difficult for people with disabilities to find romantic partners and start a family?

    
    
    
    

35. Are people with disabilities always nice people and why do we often perceive them as such?

    
    

36. What does it mean to not feel sorry for a person but also to be supportive - where is the fine line?

    
    

37. If you had a friend with a disability, how would you treat them?

    
    
    
    

38. Ludwig Beethoven, a famous composer, completely lost his hearing between the ages of 28 and 44. He wrote some of his most popular works after that – how is that possible?

    
    

39. Helen Keller, a famous American author and advocate for people with disabilities, was completely blind and deaf at the age of 19 months. Her teacher Anne Sullivan taught her to write and read. What do you think the teacher's efforts meant to Helen and to society as a whole?

    
    

40. Oscar Pistorius, a South African sprinter with a disability, competed in regular events using special prosthetic legs. Some of his competitors have said that the elasticity of the prosthetics gives him an unfair advantage. What is your opinion, should he have been allowed to compete in regular events?

    
    
    
    

41. In what ways can people with disabilities inspire people?

    
    

42. Is it possible to understand the situation of a disabled person without being disabled?

    
    
    
    

43. Have you watched any films about people with disabilities?

    
    

44. Should only people with disabilities play the roles of people with disabilities in films?

    
    

45. DareDevil, Professor X and Cyborg are just a few examples of superheroes with disabilities. Have you seen the movies about them?

46. How can a person with a disability be a superhero?

    
    

47. Do you know what the Paralympics are and why do you think this competition is not as popular as the Olympics?

    
    

48. What do you think physical activity means for people with disabilities?

    
    
    
    

49. What should be done to ensure that society better understands the needs of people with disabilities?

    
    

50. How can children be taught about disabilities?

    
    
    
    

51. Who should take care of people with disabilities, their families or society?

    
    

52. How difficult is the job of those who take care of people with disabilities – what do you think such a job requires, in terms of physical and mental preparedness?

    
    

53. What are the reasons why people with disabilities were often treated poorly in the past?

    
    

54. Sweden moved from specially adapted collective housing where people with disabilities lived under constant care to individual housing for the disabled where they could get help when needed. Which strategy do you think is better?

    
    
    
    

55. Should a disability discovered early in pregnancy be a reason for abortion?

    
    

56. What happens to children with disabilities after the death of their parents and how should that situation be handled in your opinion?

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