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Mother and son both born with no arms have learned to use feet to undertake tasks

Imagine if you were born without any arms. How would you put on your make-up, text your friends, or eat with a knife and fork? Linda Bannon, 36, has never let her disability hold her back.

Well, it hasn’t stopped 36-year-old Linda Bannon doing all of that. Born with the rare genetic disorder Holt-Oram syndrome, which affects the heart and causes skeletal abnormalities, Linda used prosthetic limbs until the age of 12, but cast them aside when she realised they were more of a hindrance than a help.

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