What An Amazing Young Lady
And I have to say her parents are pretty damned awesome too
A first-grader who was born without hands has won a national penmanship award, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
…Annie writes by wedging a pencil between her arms, the same way she feeds herself and even paints her toenails, the newspaper reports.
The national award is one of two given to students with disabilities — the other went to an Ohio student with a visual impairment.
But no one even knew there was a special category for the disabled until after Annie had won top penmanship honors among all students at her school and the entry was forwarded to the state competition.
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April 20, 2012 6:51 am
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In a world where everything else is a dog’s breakfast, this is truly a wonderful story. There remains hope for humanity.
Indeed, Syd. Those were Daughter’s exact words.
An excellent story! Thanks for posting it….I see that it’s making the rounds on Facebook as well.
Suddenly I find myself hating the world less. It’s nice to see hope is alive.
Yeah – what Gunslinger says. But, yanno, I suspect that if she’s what I hope she may become, that winning “top penmanship honors among all students at her school” is what will motivate her. Why handicap yourself if you don’t have to?