{"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":"UCF 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 UCF 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 色花堂 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 UCF. /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 UCF 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