The Teenage Bionic Model

Ian Wright's Everyday People by Sony Music

Apr 27, 202135:27Society & Culture

Ian meets Tilly Lockey, a teenager testing the prosthetics of the future. Tilly, 15, lost both her hands as a baby after beating Meningitis. Frustrated by the prosthetics available to children, Tilly and her mum Sarah we...

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