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Handless 7-yr-old girl wins handwriting contest

A seven-year-old pupil born without hands has
won a United States national handwriting
competition.

According to the British Broadcasting
Corporation, Anaya Ellick from Chesapeake,
Virginia, does not use prosthetics. To write, she
stands to get the proper angle, holding a pencil
between her arms.
Anaya-Ellick
Her principal, Tracy Cox from Greenbrier
Christian Academy, described her as an
“inspiration.”

“She does not let anything get in the way of
doing what she has set out to do. She is a hard
worker and has some of the best handwriting in
her class,” Cox said.

The girl reportedly beat 50 other competitors to
get the special-needs category prize at the
National Handwriting Contest.

This category rewards students with an
intellectual, physical or developmental
disability.
Competition director, Kathleen Wright, told ABC
News that her “writing sample was comparable
to someone who had hands.”

Sponsors of the contest Zaner-Bloser said they
planned to award each student $1,000 (£690).
Having no hands was also not an obstacle to 30-
year-old pilot Jessica Cox.

In 2013, the BBC reported on the pilot’s
inspirational example. Also born without hands,
she has been able to drive a car, fly a plane and
play piano, all with her feet.

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