First
grader born without hands wins special award for penmanship
Anaya Ellick*was
born without both of her hands, but that didn't stop her from winning a national
penmanship award this month.
The 7-year-old Virginia
First grader, who does **t use prosthetics, was awarded this year's Nicholas Maxim
special award for Excellence in Manuscript Penmanship.*
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The
Zaner-Bloser sponsored award is
named for*a**ther student, also
born without hands, who was ho**red for his remarkable handwriting in 2011.
According to Anaya's mother, Bianca Middleton, Anaya writes by holding a pencil between her arms, then standing up to achieve the proper angle with the paper. And her independence doesn't stop with
penmanship — it's clear that Anaya has ** room for
any*lowered expectations.
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