{"id":66633,"date":"2015-06-01T10:39:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T14:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633//?p=66633"},"modified":"2021-06-14T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:51:21","slug":"ucf-provides-modified-kiddie-cars-to-special-toddlers-only-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633//ucf-provides-modified-kiddie-cars-to-special-toddlers-only-the-beginning/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Provides Modified Kiddie Cars to Special Toddlers, Only the Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"
Barnabas Dowdell was born with Down syndrome, and moving his lower body is a challenge. So his mom was astonished when the 13-month-old drove his new retrofitted motorized toy racecar zooming past a Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ building./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u201cThis by far exceeded all my expectations,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u201d said his mother Shannon Dowdell of Merritt Island. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u201cI came here hoping he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u2019d enjoy himself, and inside of 30 seconds of being in the little car he was doing things he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u2019s never done before. He pushed up, he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u2019s never done that before. His mobility has already improved and I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u2019m just so grateful./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/n
Barnabas and 10 other toddlers with special needs watched as their physical therapists worked alongside Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ faculty to retrofit motorized toy cars as part of an official GoBabyGo event May 29./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u201cI want parents to know that if they missed today, it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u2019s not a missed opportunity,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u201d said Jennifer Tucker, the faculty member in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program who is leading the effort for Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u201cWe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u2019ll be doing more of these workshops and we hope this is just the beginning. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/u201c/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/n The hope is to establish an innovative center for mobility at Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ in partnership with GoBabyGo founder, Cole Galloway. The center would focus on researching and developing new and inexpensive mobility options for children and adults with motor impairments; teaching the next generation of physical therapists best practices; and offering the community a clinic where children and adults could gain access to mobility devices tailored toward their unique needs./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/66633/n