I am Jacob, an 18 year old high school student who had his left (and dominant) hand amputated at the age of 9 due to a medical condition known as klippel-trenaunay syndrome and as of today (the 13th of September, 2022) I am working my way towards getting myself a working prosthesis to replace the hand and forearm I've lost. Since the condition rendered my left hand useless from birth I have never really known what it's like to have 2 normal functioning hands and desperately want to know what everyone else experiences every day such as tying my own shoelaces, swimming, clapping, driving and going to the gym like a normal person, however the specialist I saw today informed me that I am not covered by the NDIS (National disability insurance scheme) despite living in Australia for 17 years and even losing my hand here and as such have to pay for the prosthetic arm using money out of my own pocket. This is a difficult challenge as the cost of the hardware, software and training/physio is around 150,000 Australian dollars and I am an unemployed highschool student who is struggling to find a job, that's why I have decided to organise this gofundme as I do not wish to put my parents through the stress of not being able to support their eldest son during an event that they feel responsible for. Whether you simply share this message or donate a couple cents I will be forever grateful. The prosthetic that the set goal is aiming for is quite possibly the most advanced prosthetics on the public market and are manufactured by a New Zealand company known as TASKA prosthetics and will allow me to do so much and experience everything I've wanted to do as a kid like learn an instrument or finally do a pushup. I appreciate the time you've taken to read this message and hope you can spread this around and help it gain a little bit of traction. Thank you