QUESTION 5 5. If you found an organization, you ... O start it locate it A DIFFERENT KIND OF SUPERHERO 1 Can you imagine what life would be like to have superpowers? What would it be like to lose your powers? Read about what happened to Christopher Reeve, the star of the Superman films. 2 Christopher Reeve was born in 1952. He grew up to be strong and athletic and he was good at many sports. Reeve discovered he had a talent for acting at a young age. He was in his first play at age nine and he trained to be an actor at the Julliard School in New York. In the 1970s, he played small roles in Broadway plays and TV soap operas. In the late 1970s the Children. He also coached track and field players at the 1979 Special Olympics. He inspired many children and athletes. 4 Life changed for Reeve after a horse-riding accident in 1995. He became paralyzed from the neck downwards and had to use a wheelchair. He also needed a respirator to help him breathe. His skull and his spine were not connected and he needed an operation to rejoin them. Reeve became depressed because he thought he would never move again. His wife Dana stayed with him and promised to look after him. and early 1980s, he became famous as the star of the Superman films. He played Superman, a superhero with the ability to fly and with super strength. 3 After he achieved fame and wealth as a film star, Reeve started to volunteer for charitable causes. He visited seriously ill children through the Make-A-Wish Foundation and became a member of the board of directors of Save 5 Reeve gradually began to get a bit better. Although he had to stay in a wheelchair, he started to act in films again. He also became involved in organizations that help disabled children. In 1998, he founded the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation to promote research into spinal cord injuries. He continued to work in this way until his death in 2004. QUESTION 5 5. If you found an organization, you ... O start it locate it A DIFFERENT KIND OF SUPERHERO 1 Can you imagine what life would be like to have superpowers? What would it be like to lose your powers? Read about what happened to Christopher Reeve, the star of the Superman films. 2 Christopher Reeve was born in 1952. He grew up to be strong and athletic and he was good at many sports. Reeve discovered he had a talent for acting at a young age. He was in his first play at age nine and he trained to be an actor at the Julliard School in New York. In the 1970s, he played small roles in Broadway plays and TV soap operas. In the late 1970s the Children. He also coached track and field players at the 1979 Special Olympics. He inspired many children and athletes. 4 Life changed for Reeve after a horse-riding accident in 1995. He became paralyzed from the neck downwards and had to use a wheelchair. He also needed a respirator to help him breathe. His skull and his spine were not connected and he needed an operation to rejoin them. Reeve became depressed because he thought he would never move again. His wife Dana stayed with him and promised to look after him. and early 1980s, he became famous as the star of the Superman films. He played Superman, a superhero with the ability to fly and with super strength. 3 After he achieved fame and wealth as a film star, Reeve started to volunteer for charitable causes. He visited seriously ill children through the Make-A-Wish Foundation and became a member of the board of directors of Save 5 Reeve gradually began to get a bit better. Although he had to stay in a wheelchair, he started to act in films again. He also became involved in organizations that help disabled children. In 1998, he founded the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation to promote research into spinal cord injuries. He continued to work in this way until his death in 2004