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With a pair of bionic arms, Tilly is no ordinary teen.

After losing her arms to Meningococcal, Tilly Lockey doesn't let anything get in the way of her kicking goals. - by that's life!
  • 21 May 2019
With a pair of bionic arms, Tilly is no ordinary teen.

When Tilly Lockey was just 15 months old she was diagnosed with Meningococcal Septiceamia Strain B.

 

Amputating her hands, the doctor told her parents that she wouldn’t survive.

But Tilly never gave up and has been defying the odds ever since she was diagnosed!

Now 13, Tilly is fitted with bionic arms and is showing the world that her disability isn’t stopping her from kicking goals.

Teen Films Makeup Tutorials... With Her Bionic Arms

‘At first people would look at me and think my hands are quite creepy, but now kids are excited by them and it’s like I am a super hero – I love them!’  Tilly told 60 Second Docs.

Raising awareness Tilly is working with tech companies to help give other children with missing limbs the opportunity to use this bionic technology, so they can live like an ordinary kid.

The teen from Newcastle in the UK has started her own YouTube channel Tilly Lockey where she uploads makeup tutorials using her bionic arms!

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2 pics from a little photo shoot we had in London. Thank you @openbionics for these 💕 #london #bionic #prosethics #alitabattleangel

She wants to inspire others with disabilities to reach for the stars and hopes that in the future people won’t be scared by bionic arms.

‘I don’t use makeup because I feel like I need it to look pretty I do it to see what I can achieve using these hands,’ Tilly told the documentary.

How amazing!

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