Glitter girl

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/girl-builds-unicorn-horn-prosthetic-that-shoots-glitter/

Jordan Reeves is 14 years old and lives in Missouri, USA. She has inspired millions of people around the globe with her superpower. She can shoot glitter out of her arm!

Jordan was born with a left arm that stopped below the elbow. Some people saw this as just a disability; Jordan saw it as an opportunity to deveop her alter-ego: Glitter Girl.

When she was 10 years old, Jordan attended a STEM workshop that encouraged children with disabilities to think creatively about their differences. At the workshop Jordan invented a prosthetic arm that shoots glitter. Jordan wants people to see disablities as gifts. Jordan and her Mum started a group called “Born just right” to make the world more inclusive.

In the link above you can see Jordan talk about her invention on a LEGO documentary. Jordan says, “A lot of people think that disability is maybe a sad thing. But when I make this cool stuff… when they hear of a disability it’s a really cool thing because, if you think about it, someone with two hands can’t shoot glitter out of their arm!”

LEGO  invited 430 children from 30 different countries to contribute to a 13 foot globe built from 350,000 bricks. The website says, “Where adults see challenges, kids see opportunities. Imagine what we could do if we all saw the world through a child’s eyes.”

-        What is different about Jordan?

-        “Some people saw this as just a disability; Jordan saw it as an opportunity” what does this mean?

-        Why didn’t Jordan try to hide her left arm?

-        Why might some people see disability as a sad thing? How would Jordan respond to that?

-        Why do you think Jordan called her project, “Born just right”?

-        Why is this a story of hope?

-        What can we learn from Jordan?

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