1. U3 Healthcare - page 23 / III.3b.

2. U3 Healthcare - page 23 / III.3b.
How are the twins joined together?
How did the parents feel at birth?
What did the doctors still remove after birth.
Why were they operated? Why did they have a life-threatening condition?

3. U3 Healthcare - page 23 / III.3b.
How are the twins joined together?
There’s just one body between them. They share 1 torso, 2 arms and 2 legs.
How did the parents feel at birth?
What did the doctors still remove after birth.
Why were they operated? Why did they have a life-threatening condition?

4. U3 Healthcare - page 23 / III.3b.
How are the twins joined together?
There’s just one body between them. They share 1 torso, 2 arms and 2 legs.
How did the parents feel at birth?
Mum Patty thought “they were beautiful”.
Dad Mike “fell in love with them right away”.
What did the doctors still remove after birth.
Why were they operated? Why did they have a life-threatening condition?

5. U3 Healthcare - page 23 / III.3b.
How are the twins joined together?
There’s just one body between them. They share 1 torso, 2 arms and 2 legs.
How did the parents feel at birth?
Mum Patty thought “they were beautiful”.
Dad Mike “fell in love with them right away”.
What did the doctors still remove after birth.
One arm was removed.
Why were they operated? Why did they have a life-threatening condition?

6. U3 Healthcare - page 23 / III.3b.
How are the twins joined together?
There’s just one body between them. They share 1 torso, 2 arms and 2 legs.
How did the parents feel at birth?
Mum Patty thought “they were beautiful”.
Dad Mike “fell in love with them right away”.
What did the doctors still remove after birth.
One arm was removed.
Why were they operated? Why did they have a life-threatening condition?
Their rib cages were fused together. Their spines were growing outwards, rather than upwards.

7. U3 Healthcare - page 23 / III.3b.
How do they drive? Have they got a different driving style? what’s the problem for their driving test?

8. U3 Healthcare - page 23 / III.3b.
How do they drive? Have they got a different driving style? what’s the problem for their driving test?
They both steer.
Abby likes driving fast. She takes over the pedals and the shifter. Brittany uses the blinker and the lights.
The state hasn’t decided yet if they need 1 or 2 tests.

9. U3 Healthcare - page 24 / III.3b.
Are they treated as one or two people by the school?
Why does the family not allow research on the girls by scientists?
How do they talk and think? Is there a psychological bond?

10. U3 Healthcare - page 24 / III.3b.
Are they treated as one or two people by the school?
They are treated as 2 separate students with different interests and abilties.
Why does the family not allow research on the girls by scientists?
How do they talk and think? Is there a psychological bond?

11. U3 Healthcare - page 24 / III.3b.
Are they treated as one or two people by the school?
They are treated as 2 separate students with different interests and abilties.
Why does the family not allow research on the girls by scientists?
The family wants to treat them as though they are just like everyone else.
How do they talk and think? Is there a psychological bond?

12. U3 Healthcare - page 24 / III.3b.
Are they treated as one or two people by the school?
They are treated as 2 separate students with different interests and abilties.
Why does the family not allow research on the girls by scientists?
The family wants to treat them as though they are just like everyone else.
How do they talk and think? Is there a psychological bond?
They allow each other to finish their sentences. They jointly compose s without much discussion…
They probably have greater perceptive and sensory skills.

13. U3 Healthcare - page 24 / III.3b.
Why did the parents not have the babies separated? Do the girls want to separate? What do the doctors think?
What is an issue when they are buying clothes?
Why can holidays be difficult for girls? What do they not like?

14. U3 Healthcare - page 24 / III.3b.
Why did the parents not have the babies separated? Do the girls want to separate? What do the doctors think?
- Separation would have required lots of surgery and caused disability.
- No. They wouldn’t be able to do the things they’re doing now.
- The girls would be grossly disabled.
What is an issue when they are buying clothes?
Why can holidays be difficult for girls? What do they not like?

15. U3 Healthcare - page 24 / III.3b.
Why did the parents not have the babies separated? Do the girls want to separate? What do the doctors think?
- Separation would have required lots of surgery and caused disability.
- No. They wouldn’t be able to do the things they’re doing now.
- The girls would be grossly disabled.
What is an issue when they are buying clothes?
Tops and shirts are tricky. They are adapted by a dressmaker.
Why can holidays be difficult for girls? What do they not like?

16. U3 Healthcare - page 24 / III.3b.
Why did the parents not have the babies separated? Do the girls want to separate? What do the doctors think?
- Separation would have required lots of surgery and caused disability.
- No. They wouldn’t be able to do the things they’re doing now.
- The girls would be grossly disabled.
What is an issue when they are buying clothes?
Tops and shirts are tricky. They are adapted by a dressmaker.
Why can holidays be difficult for girls? What do they not like?
Leaving the familiarity of their hometown is a stressful experience. They don’t like being stared at and people taking pictures.

17. U3 Healthcare - page 24 / III.3b.
Which problems will they face after high school?

18. U3 Healthcare - page 24 / III.3b.
Which problems will they face after high school?
Their privacy will be under threat. How will the bigger world react?

19. U3 Healthcare - page 25 / III.3b.
What about love, sexuality and relationships?
Do you feel that Abbey and Brittany are 1 or 2 people? ?

20. U3 Healthcare - page 25 / III.3b.
What about love, sexuality and relationships?
They don’t share their feelings with mum.
Their reproductive organs do work.
Do they marry 1 or 2 boys? What if the marriage doesn’t last? …?
Do you feel that Abby and Brittany are 1 or 2 people? ?