A girl who was born without a left hand can finally do handstands and cartwheels after scientists built her a special device to transform her limb.
Taliya Dawkins, eight, from Gosport, Hants, suffered an amniotic amputation while she was still growing in her mother Sabrina's womb.
Her left hand had become entangled with the cords delivering nutrients to her body, cutting off the blood supply and stopping it forming.
The youngster was first fitted with a prosthetic hand when she was just six weeks old and has never let her amputation hold her back, excelling in acrobatics, swimming and ice skating, as well as her favourite hobby: gymnastics.
But her disability meant she struggled with some of the more complex movements and positions that require two hands or wrist flexibility - until now.
Experts created a device to screw into Taliya's prosthetic arm, which enables her to do handstands and cartwheels for the first time in her life.
Staff at the Portsmouth Enablement Centre in Portsmouth, Hants, which is part of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, created the flat rubber accessory that screws into her prosthetic arm, giving her a solid and durable platform for gymnastics.
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