Katie’s leg-up as she hopes for €300k bionic arms

Katie O’Halloran, 22, was born with femur fibula ulna syndrome, which left her without arms and with a short, deformed right leg.

Katie’s leg-up as she hopes for €300k bionic arms

But by using her left leg to write and type — she even uses it to apply her make-up — she has proved something of an academic star and recently completed a master’s degree in public law at NUI Galway.

Having mastered standing, and then walking, with a prosthetic leg, and finally dispensing with her wheelchair, Katie is determined to complete her road to independence by getting Bebionic prosthetic arms.

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