9 YEAR OLD ANAYA ELLICK, BORN WITHOUT ARMS WINS NATIONAL HANDWRITING CONTEST. AN INSPIRATION TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU TRY.

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A stunning young girl by name Anaya Ellick born without hands wins National Award for her exceptional writing skills. This 9 year old young girl defeated her physical difficulties and proceeded to accomplish an extraordinary record in the wake of getting two national honors for her remarkable writing skills. She frequently said to herself, I'll have the capacity to do it if I try.

it is astounding to discover that 9 year old Anaya has the most lovely handwriting ever even without hands. The third grader who doesn't utilize prosthetics as of late won the Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellence in Manuscript Penmanship for the second time. The national Handwriting Contest is a yearly event that is supported by Zaner-Bloser to promote legible handwriting.

Anaya was born in 2009, in Virginia to Bianca and Gary who were stunned and stressed over her debilitation but later they became confident that she would defeat this challenge. While still an infant she figured out how to hold a fork to eat and how to build with blocks.

She taught herself how to write by holding the pencil between her two lower arms and remaining at her desk area to get the ideal angle for her to write easily. Her parents likewise uncovered that Anaya showed herself how to write as well as learnt to tie her shoes, prepared herself for school and endeavored to do things herself even before requesting help.

Anaya is a remarkable young girl, she doesn't give anything a chance to hinder her from doing what she has embarked to do. She is a hard worker and has one of the best handwriting in her class. Her determination is a motivation to all the children out there with or without disabilities all over the world.

Anaya in 2016, won the honor for her print writing and in 2018, Anaya entered the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest under a special need category.

Anaya Ellick beat hundred of others in rivalry regardless of her physical difficulties, she was named winner of the 2018 Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellence in Manuscript Penmanship. The judges were "simply stunned" by the nature of Anaya's printing. "Her written work test was equivalent to somebody who had hands.

Despite the fact that Anaya's arms end in tapered wrists rather than hands, holding the pencil between her wrists, the first grader at Greenbrier Christian Academy in Chesapeake Virginia, formed perfect, cautious letters, procuring her the Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellence in Manuscript Penmanship.

She has demonstrated to children all over the world that they have to Believe in themselves and every other thing will definitely fall to place. Have confidence in your own capacities, work hard, and there is nothing you can't achieve. Anaya is a good example to every child out there, the nine year old never let her circumstance prevent her from anything.

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