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Toddler with no legs defies rare condition by showcasing handstands and flips
Meet the toddler who has defied a super-rare condition only seen fifty times before and born with no legs who now does handstands and flips.
Three-year-old Oliver Buckingham was diagnosed with a genetic disorder sacral agenesis where his lower spine didn’t develop properly.
He is missing both legs, has structural issues with his jaw and is nonverbal.
But, when he was only a year-and-a-half, Oliver could hold himself upright and move around with his arms by himself.
Doctors questioned how he would develop but he now loves nothing more than doing flips and handstands.
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