Annie Clark was born with no hands and writes with a pencil
propped between her arms. A publishing
company rewarded her for best penmanship with $1,000 and a trophy. Another student who also won the honor is
sight impaired.
Annie was given the reward when her school had a surprise
assembly. Annie was quiet and taken
aback by the honor. At first, she exited
the assembly because she thought she couldn’t skip math class.
"Annie has
always been very, very determined, very self-sufficient in dressing herself and
feeding herself," Tom Clark, Annie’s father, stated. "She can ride a
bike. She swims. She is just determined that there's nothing she can't
do."
The Clark family
has other children with physical/mental challenges. They believe that through their children God
teaches them the importance of all humans. They also feel that while some support systems
look at physical/mental challenges as hardships, they look at all their
children as blessings being practicing Christians.
Annie’s
independence: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-south/first-grader-without-hands-wins-award-for-writing-632011/?p=0
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