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File Under “So What’s Your Excuse?”: Girl Without Hands Wins Penmanship Award
When you find yourself dwelling on who or what is holding you back in life, think of 7 year-old Annie Clark, a first-grader who recently won a penmanship award established for children with either a “cognitive delay or intellectual, physical or development disability.” Annie, a Chinese adoptee, was born without hands.
Annie’s father, Tom Clark, described his daughter’s other abilities to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
“Annie has always been very, very determined, very self-sufficient in dressing herself and feeding herself,” Mr. Clark said. “She can ride a bike. She swims. She is just determined that there’s nothing she can’t do.”
Her father said she also types on a keyboard and uses an iPod Touch with no difficulties.
Man, do I feel like a lazy jerk right about now.
[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: First-grader without hands wins penmanship award]
Filed under: Abilities, Amazian Jr., Annie Clark, Asian Adoptees, Awards, Chinese Adoptees, Disabilities, Girl Without Hands Wins Penmanship Award, Perseverance, What's Your Excuse?
