Bake Off star sees incredible teen who can't use her hands bake a cake thanks to gadget

Great British Bake Off finalist Dr Josh Smalley, who was a 2023 finalist, visited Alexander Devine Hospice successful Maidenhead, Berkshire, to witnesser Habibah utilizing the exertion donated by Lifelites charity

An innovative instrumentality is allowing an inspirational teen who can't usage her hands to indulge her passionateness of baking cakes.

Habibah Tariq has adjacent been praised by Great British Bake Off judge, Paul Hollywood, erstwhile helium saw her cakes proudly displayed connected X which she made utilizing Switches and iClick system.

Now the 17-year-old, who has Merosin Deficient Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive muscle-wasting illness that presently has nary cure, has gone a measurement further by making cakes with past year's Great British Bake Off finalist Dr Josh Smalley.

Josh, 29, paid a sojourn to Alexander Devine Hospice successful Maidenhead, Berkshire, to witnesser Habibah utilizing the technology donated by Lifelites foundation and successful this exclusive video Habibah uses the exertion to power the mixer truthful she tin beryllium afloat progressive successful the baking process.

Josh and Habibah got to enactment baking a rainbow barroom with Habibah capable to set the velocity of the instrumentality arsenic Josh holds the mixer itself.

Habibah, said: "I emotion baking and Switches enables maine to instrumentality portion successful the process of making cakes, it is thing that truly helps me."

Josh, who is the creator of the Science Kitchen astatine the University of Leicester, has go well-known since the Bake Off, which sees the 2024 last connected Tuesday, for his innovative and acquisition contented connected Instagram, showcasing the subject of baking. This includes weird and fantastic creations including his 'chemistry cocktails' and his Baked Alaska.

He said: "It was fantastic to conscionable and cook with Habibah who has a existent passionateness for baking and doesn't fto thing halt her, she's a existent inspiration.

"The Lifelites exertion is conscionable astonishing and allows Habibah to beryllium afloat progressive successful the baking process. She did specified a fantastic job, was a joyousness to cook with, and I was delighted to grant her a Star Baker apron arsenic well."

Lifelites is the lone foundation successful Great Britain and Ireland supplying life-changing sensory and interactive exertion to children's hospices.As good arsenic Switches and iClick, it provides different exertion including the Eyegaze, Mobile Magic Carpet and PODS Sensory Tent, allowing children with life-limiting conditions to link and person fun.

*Lifelites 25 run aims to get organisations to use for 1 of 21 packages of assistive technology, each worthy £25,000 and 4 grants of up to £250,000.

Organisations volition person up to 10 January to apply. Winners volition beryllium announced aboriginal adjacent year.

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