Amputee Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman is off to a confidence-building camp in the US state of Maine. Photo / Michael Craig
Quadruple amputee Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman dreams of bionic legs and hands allowing her to pick groceries from a supermarket shelf.
The artificial limbs by world prosthetic leaders Touch Bionics are a few years - and around $200,000 - away for the 9-year-old survivor of meningococcal disease. But to Charlotte, they're worth
the wait.
When she turns 18, Charlotte wants to trade her short prosthetics for a pair of the long lean bionic legs sported by her American mentor, triple amputee Cameron Clapp.
"Cameron's bionic legs are electric and I really want to get some of them when I am a teenager," Charlotte told the Herald on Sunday. "His legs sense the ground 50 times a second and he can do anything in them. "
In two months, Charlotte will fly to the US to attend Camp No Limits, a confidence-building gathering for amputees. Clapp will be there. His legs and an arm were amputated after he was hit by a freight train on his way home from a September 11 memorial ceremony.
