00:00Ten-year-old girl born without hands wins national handwriting competition
00:13Every single person has something in their life that they need to overcome in order to be successful
00:19Whether it's a confidence issue a lack of motivation or a physical disability
00:23We all have something that makes life just a little bit more difficult
00:28Well, most people tend to crumble under the pressure of being different or having to try harder to accomplish something
00:33This little girl showed us what it looks like to strive and succeed no matter what obstacles put in front
00:40of you
00:41When third grade student Sarah Hinsley was born into this world. She was born a bit differently
00:47Sarah who's originally from China was not only born without hands, but she was left without a family of her
00:52own
00:54Luckily while she was living in China the Hinsley family from the United States decided to adopt her and she
00:59was brought back to the United States
01:02Despite her physical disability
01:03There's nothing that can keep Sarah from succeeding and that was proven when she won the Nicholas Maxim Award in
01:10the 2019
01:10Zainer blows her national handwriting contest
01:13In order to qualify for the Nicholas Maxim Award students must have a cognitive delay or an intellectual development or
01:21a physical disability
01:23Once all the applicants have placed their entry a team of occupational therapists judge all the entries
01:28The award not only comes with a pretty cool trophy, but it also comes with five hundred dollars in educational
01:33materials and
01:34five hundred dollars in prize money
01:38Fortunately for Sarah she was the winner of the award this year for her excellence in cursive and she couldn't
01:44be happier
01:44While speaking with Good Morning America Sarah said that she felt excited and proud about winning the award
01:51Because she was born without hands Sarah had to learn an entirely new way of writing which she does by
01:57gripping the writing utensil with both her arms
02:00Sarah is very motivated and a disciplined student. She excels really at about anything. She tries said Sarah's mother Catherine
02:07Hinsley
02:09Sarah is a huge art lover and considers cursive writing to be an extension of her art
02:14Cursive is round and it's trying to connect letters. So it's art said Sarah
02:19According to Sarah's mother the young girl has chosen not to use prosthetic hands
02:24All of her life. She's figured out ways to overcome that challenge and it's really made her a very strategic
02:29thinker
02:30Before she takes on a task. She tends to plot out how she's going to accomplish it and it's usually
02:35successful said Sarah's mother
02:37Her mother also called her handwriting a testament to the human spirit and it shows what perseverance and a positive
02:44attitude can do
02:45Sarah is a great example of that
02:47We definitely agree
02:49Keep inspiring other Sarah. You're doing an amazing job
