Marty has a rare disease which 1. (affect) his muscles. As a result, he is often very tired and weak. 2. , he never feels sorry for himself and has adapted 3. his disability. He keeps himself busy doing things like writing and computer programming that do not require physical 4. (strong). He is realistic about his disability but does not let this stop him 5. (do) as much as he can. As a 6. (mental) strong boy, Marty is eager to work in a computer industry 7. he grows up. He has friends 8. whom he can go to movies and football games and he has lots of pets. Every day, it 9. (take) him much time to look after the pets. In many ways, Marty’s disability has made him a 10. (strong) and more independent boy.