different arms

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/07/24/boy-with-one-hand-met-soccer-player-with-same-limb-difference-photo-went-viral/

Joseph Tidd is a one year old soccer fan living in  Florida. Carson Pickett is a soccer player and the two have something else in common; they both have a different left arm.

When Carson heard Joseph's family cheering her on at a match, she ran over and repeatedly touched Joseph's arm with hers. It took a minute for Joseph to realise they had the same arms, then Joseph shrieked with glee. Joseph's Mum says he spent the whole car ride home looking at his arm and giggling; Mum says this is because "he knew he had a friend."

Mum says Joseph is fine about having a different limb. Kids used to grab his arm to look at it and he was confused about this, but his older sister told him he had a "lucky fin" like the character in the
movie Finding Nemo.

Joseph's parents want other kids with different limbs to know, "although they may do something differently from others, they should take pride in who they are."

What do you see in the picture?
where are they?
how are the two people different and how are they the same?

- In what ways do you think Jospeh is the same as all the children in his class?
- in what way is he different?
- why do some children grab his arm? Are they being nasty?
- how do you think it makes Jospeh feel when children grab his arm?
- why do his sisters call it a lucky fin?
- Joseph's parents could buy him a longer sleeved shirt to hide his arm, why don't they do that?
- why do you think Josesph's family wanted him to meet Carson?
- "It took a minute for Joseph to realise they had the same arms" why didn't he notice straight away?
- why was he so happy?
- how do you think Carson felt?
- Carson is a soccer player- what does this show about disability in sport?
- "although they may do something differently from others, they should take pride in who they are." what does this mean?
- what can we learn from Carson?
- what can we learn from Joseph?
- why is this story about No Outsiders?

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