VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — An act of kindness is set to make life a little easier for a disabled kindergartner in Virginia Beach, and it’s all thanks to ambitious engineering students at Old Dominion University.

Performing daily tasks for New Castle Elementary School student Taelor Reynolds presents many challenges. She has a condition called amniotic band syndrome, which causes her to have a limb difference in both hands. In her six years of life, she has already braved through eight surgeries. Her mother Traci said she’s a trooper.

“The last surgery that she had in August was an actual finger rotation, so that now she has a pincher grasp on her right hand,” Traci Reynolds said. “She is a twin also. So I think it’s hard for her seeing that her sister can do things that is either impossible for her or way more challenging for her.”

Taelor is met daily with constant struggles and no prosthetics to assist her, but she does have the support of her New Castle school counselor, Kimberly Logsdon.

“It’s really heartbreaking at times, because even though we feel it internally and we see that there are differences, that maybe she doesn’t have the same opportunities that other kids have,” Logsdon said.

Seeing Taelor’s day-to-day disadvantages prompted Logsdon to step up and help in an even greater way. During a visit to Old Dominion University with her son, she pitched engineering students a brilliant idea for their year-end project after spotting a prosthetic device in their science lab.

“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, we can maybe get this device that Taylor needs,'” Logsdon said. “And that would really help her out. She was like, ‘Wow, we do have an organization that helps kids with special needs.’ They had decided that they were going to take her case.”

The ODU engineering students have taken Taelor’s measurements and are currently working on prototypes. They hope to complete the project by the end of the summer.

“So she has one pointer finger on that hand,” Traci Reynolds said. “Right now, they’re going to add additional fingers, so that she’s able to grasp things, silverware, things like that. Right now using the restroom is one of her biggest obstacles. They’re going to actually make a toileting tool so that she can do it on her own.

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