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Tulane engineering students have partnered with the nonprofit organization Make Good to design wheelchairs for very small children.

Tulane engineering students have partnered with the nonprofit organization Make Good to design wheelchairs for very small children.

Custom wheels get special-needs tots moving

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Nineteen-month-old Elijah Jack is unable to walk like most toddlers his age. Special needs children like him often take longer than most to become independently mobile. Elijah was one of the first to get a specially designed rolling chair built by a team of biomedical engineering students at Tulane University. He now has mastered getting around on wheels — turning, stopping and steering all on his own. The chair has allowed Elijah to have a whole new level of independence. His mother now d...

NEW ORLEANS - At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg and a short femur in the other, is unable to walk on his own like most toddlers his age. Another 19-month-old, Freya Baudoin, born prematurely at 28 weeks and delayed in …

Nineteen-month-old Elijah Jack is unable to walk like most toddlers his age. Special needs children like him often take longer than most to become independently...

Custom made by Tulane students, mobility chairs help special needs toddlers get moving

Nineteen-month-old Elijah Jack is unable to walk like most toddlers his age. Special needs children like him often take longer than most to become independently...