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  • Girl with no arms and legs says cheerleading try-out is unfair after she fails to make school squad

    07/14/2011 2:31:36 PM PDT · by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears · 189 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 7/13/11 | John Stevens
    Nebraska girl born with no arms and legs has blamed unfair scoring after she failed to make her school's cheerleading squad three years in a row. Julia Sullivan, 16, has complained to the school board after she said she was given 'no accommodation for her disability' during try-outs. The wheelchair user did not make the team after she received a low score in the jumps/kicks category of the trials. Miss Sullivan got her highest marks in the communication skills and enthusiasm/spirit categories. The Aurora High School student, who said that she likes to dance, said: 'I just think it would...