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16-Year-Old Invents Stroller-Wheelchair So Disabled Mom Can Wheel Her Baby Outside
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16-Year-Old Invents Stroller-Wheelchair So Disabled Mom Can Wheel Her Baby Outside

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Sharina Jones was shot when she was five years old and lost the use of her legs. Thirty years later, when she was expecting her first child, she began to wonder how she would manage a stroller while in a wheelchair. By chance, Alden Kain, a Detroit high-school student enrolled in a special design class, was paired up with Jones and tasked to invent a wheelchair stroller. After six months of hard work, his prototype was a success.

“It was great to meet her and talk to her about what she wants and doesn’t want,” Kain explained to The Michigan Catholic. “Talking to her was a big help, figuring out the workability of the device, where to put a diaper bag, whether or not she could unhook the stroller and how she can move around in the chair.” In a separate interview with Today, he added, “It was extremely exciting and rewarding to see Sharina using it.”

More info: eng-sci.udmercy.edu | thinkbeyondthechair.org | Amazon (h/t: huffingtonpost)

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    Sharina Jones was worried how she’d manage a stroller while in a wheelchair, so this 16-year-old came up with a solution

    Jones lost the use of her legs when she was shot as a child

    Kain’s design let Jones take her baby outside on her wheelchair

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    The device attaches to a wheelchair and uses a regular baby car seat

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    “It was extremely exciting and rewarding to see Sharina using it”

    See how the stroller attachment works in the video below:

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    LaurieKokochak
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is such a heartwarming story... God bless this young man who came up with this idea and helped out this young Mom...:)

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    DebMartinKnaff
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This young man should have a very exciting future....... Congrats to the new parents!!!!

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    KasiaKimbley
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very well done young man!!! Someone has a VERY enterprising future ahead of then!!!

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    LaurieKokochak
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is such a heartwarming story... God bless this young man who came up with this idea and helped out this young Mom...:)

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    DebMartinKnaff
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This young man should have a very exciting future....... Congrats to the new parents!!!!

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    KasiaKimbley
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very well done young man!!! Someone has a VERY enterprising future ahead of then!!!

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