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Todays cnn hero recognizes a 12-year-old girl who invented a special drinking cup for people with mobility issues like her grandfather with parkinsons disease. now she sold 11,000 of them and they are being used by everyone. take a look. >> my grandfather has parkinsons disease that causes him to shake. he spilled all the time. so i decided to make the kangaroo cup. i came up with the idea when i was around 8 or 9 years old. i wanted to put legs on the cup because i figured that it wouldnt be as...

Because i figured that it wouldnt be as likely to spill. the original cup was made out of porcelain. we decided to make a plastic version so it can be used by anybody. like little kids people with mobility issues. i have a design team and they really do help me so much. color? blue? >> lily has sold about 11,000 cups total. many of her classmates and teachers do not know what shes doing. >> like the next big thing. >> really do keep the kangaroo talk to a michbnimum. >> i remember reading about ...

Others easier. >> my grandfather has parkinsons disease and his hands shake so much and so i decided to come up with the the kangaroo cup. i thought up the idea at 8 or 9 years old. i wanted to put the legs on the cup, because i figured that it wouldnt be as likely to spill. the original cup was made out of porcelain. we decided to make a plastic version, so it can be used by anybody. like little kids or people with mobility issues. i have a design team. they help me so much. color wise blue? >>...

Fwra grandfather was having trouble drinking from a glass. his hand was shaking a lot from parkinsons disease. lily found out a way to help him. >> my grandfather was parkinsons disease that causes him to shake. he spills all the time so i decided to make the kangaroo cup. i came up with the idea when i was around eight or nine years old. >> i wanted to put legs on the cup because i figured that it wouldnt be as likely to spill. >> the original cup was made out of porcelain. we decided to make a...

Porcelain. we decided to make a plastic version. so it can be used by anybody. like little kids. people with mobility issues. i have a design team and they really do help me so much. colorwise, the blue? >> yeah. >> lily has sold about 11,000 cups total. many of her classmates and teachers dont even know what shes doing. >> that would be like the next big thing. >> i really do keep the kangaroo cup talk to a minimum. >> i remember reading about it. >> now the word is getting around school. wait,...

Version so it can be used by anybody. like little kids. people with mobility issues. i have a design team, and they really do help me so much. >> colorwise. blue? >> yeah. >> lily has sold about 11,000 cups total. many of her classmates and teachers dont even know what shes doing. >> it will be like the next big thing. >> i really do keep the kangaroo cup talk to a minimum. >> i remember reading about it. >> the word is getting around school. like wait, lily, she did what? she invented this cup?...

Everything came home, nothing had a place. >> she had a sofa sleeper that she was using because she could not walk up the stairs because she had just had knee surgery. and the whole second level was uninhabitable. turns out that all that construction material was because they had renovated a bathroom. so you go to the top of the stairs and on the left was this amazing bathroom. it was unfortunate that she could not even get up there to use it. you couldnt walk into the bedroom. and then the home...

Glass. his hands shook a lot because he had parkinsons disease. its amazing what she created when she was only 8. thats right. 8. >> my grandfather has parkinsons disease that causes him to shake. he spilled all the time. i decided to make the cup. i came up with the idea when i was around 8 or 9 years old. i wanted to put legs on the cup because i figured it wouldnt be as likely to spill. the original cup was made out of porcelain. we decided to make a plastic version. so it can be used by nebr...

People with mobility issues. i have a design team and they really do help me so much. colorwise, the blue? >> yeah. >> lily has sold about 11,000 cups total. many of her classmates and teachers dont even know what shes doing. >> that would be like the next big thing. >> i really do keep the kangaroo cup talk to a minimum. >> i remember reading about it. >> now the word is getting around school. wait, lily? she did what? she invented this cup? oh, my gosh. >> that is so cool. >> inventing this ju...

People with mobility issues. i have a design team and they really do help me so much. colorwise, the blue? >> yeah. >> lily has sold about 11,000 cups total. many of her classmates and teachers dont even know what shes doing. >> that would be like the next big thing. >> i really do keep the kangaroo cup talk to a minimum. >> i remember reading about it. >> now the word is getting around school. wait, lily? she did what? she invented this cup? oh, my gosh. >> that is so cool. >> inventing this ju...