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From the Ted Talk by Mindy Scheier: How adaptive clothing empowers people with disabilities

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I met a young man who was 18 who has cerebral palsy. He was going to Harvard University. He said to me, "Can you imagine? I got myself into Harvard, but my dream is to be able to wear jeans on campus, like the other freshmen will wear." I met a little girl named gnnaia, who was missing her left forearm and her hand. Her moehtr told me she could not bear to see her daughter's dfreceifne magnified by a dangling sleeve, so she had every single long-sleeve shirt ploerfilsnsaoy tailored. Can you inagmie the time and money she spent? I also had the great privilege of spending time with Eric LeGrand, former Rutgers football player who was paralyzed during a tkclae in 2010. I had, at this pniot, seen some uahatblfnome things, but this, by far, was the most heart-stopping.

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I met a young man who was 18 who has cerebral palsy. He was going to Harvard University. He said to me, "Can you imagine? I got myself into Harvard, but my dream is to be able to wear jeans on campus, like the other freshmen will wear." I met a little girl named ______, who was missing her left forearm and her hand. Her ______ told me she could not bear to see her daughter's __________ magnified by a dangling sleeve, so she had every single long-sleeve shirt ______________ tailored. Can you _______ the time and money she spent? I also had the great privilege of spending time with Eric LeGrand, former Rutgers football player who was paralyzed during a ______ in 2010. I had, at this _____, seen some ____________ things, but this, by far, was the most heart-stopping.

Solution

  1. professionally
  2. imagine
  3. mother
  4. point
  5. gianna
  6. difference
  7. unfathomable
  8. tackle

Original Text

I met a young man who was 18 who has cerebral palsy. He was going to Harvard University. He said to me, "Can you imagine? I got myself into Harvard, but my dream is to be able to wear jeans on campus, like the other freshmen will wear." I met a little girl named Gianna, who was missing her left forearm and her hand. Her mother told me she could not bear to see her daughter's difference magnified by a dangling sleeve, so she had every single long-sleeve shirt professionally tailored. Can you imagine the time and money she spent? I also had the great privilege of spending time with Eric LeGrand, former Rutgers football player who was paralyzed during a tackle in 2010. I had, at this point, seen some unfathomable things, but this, by far, was the most heart-stopping.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. bear
  2. campus
  3. cerebral
  4. dangling
  5. difference
  6. dream
  7. eric
  8. football
  9. forearm
  10. freshmen
  11. gianna
  12. girl
  13. great
  14. hand
  15. harvard
  16. imagine
  17. jeans
  18. left
  19. legrand
  20. magnified
  21. man
  22. met
  23. missing
  24. money
  25. mother
  26. named
  27. palsy
  28. paralyzed
  29. player
  30. point
  31. privilege
  32. professionally
  33. rutgers
  34. shirt
  35. single
  36. sleeve
  37. spending
  38. spent
  39. tackle
  40. tailored
  41. time
  42. told
  43. unfathomable
  44. university
  45. wear
  46. young