{"id":249725,"date":"2021-07-24T09:22:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T14:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=249725"},"modified":"2021-07-23T01:26:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T06:26:12","slug":"high-schoolers-wheelchair-stroller-disabilities-walks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/high-schoolers-wheelchair-stroller-disabilities-walks\/","title":{"rendered":"High schoolers invent wheelchair stroller so dad with disabilities can take baby for walks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeremy King has a lot to be grateful for. In 2017, his baseball-sized cancerous brain tumor was successfully removed. Yet the surgery had some drawbacks, leaving him with physical challenges that made even going for a walk difficult. When he became a father, that issue became one of safety. And thanks to a group of high school students, King is able to be even more hands-on with his son.<\/p>\n

After the surgery, King found himself with mobility problems, particularly with his balance. \u201cEven going out on a walk is so incredibly difficult for me,\u201d he told the Washington Post<\/a>. Last year, he and his wife found out they were expecting a baby. They were excited, but also scared.<\/p>\n

King’s wife, Chelsie, noted that a lot of parents take for granted the idea of taking their baby for a walk.\u00a0“While he can walk, he can’t do so safely carrying a child,” Chelsie told Good Morning America.<\/em><\/a> “So we jumped into, ‘OK, what do we need in order for him to parent safely?’ and honestly, not a whole lot came up \u2014 there’s just really not a ton of resources out there for disabled parents.”<\/p>\n

Chelsie is a middle school drama teacher at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, and she spoke with Matt Zigler, who runs the school\u2019s \u201cmakerspace,” a creative lab where students are encouraged to participate in hands-on projects. The lab has traditional tools, for wood and metalwork, and advanced technology, like 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC routers, and vinyl cutters, which Zigler urges them to use for “empathy-driven” projects in his class, called \u201cMaking for Social Good.”<\/p>\n