The 色花堂 and Orlando Health are teaming up today to give some children with limited mobility a little bit of independence.<\/p>\n
Orlando Health is sponsoring a UCF Go Baby Go! event at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children<\/p>\n
in downtown Orlando. UCF\u00a0Go Baby Go! was established in 2015 as a chapter of the national Go Baby Go! program, which develops innovative, accessible ways to improve the lives of children and adults with limited mobility. The program creates modified ride-on toy cars for young children and portable-assistive harness systems for children and adults.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Tucker, who runs the program at UCF and is a lecturer in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, will provide a workshop for parents and physical therapists from Orlando Health. Tucker will address how important mobility is for a child\u2019s development and she will talk about the local and national efforts of Go Baby Go!<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is about independent mobility,\u201d Tucker said. \u201cWe know that getting children mobile isn\u2019t just a necessary part of their physical therapy. It is also a critical part in a child\u2019s socialization, growth and future potential. This is about so much more than a car. This is about giving a child an opportunity at a future that includes not being left on the sidelines as their peers move ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Afterwards, the attendees will join UCF volunteers who will help them build the modified ride-on toy cars at the hospital. Ten children will be able to take the vehicles home. One car will stay at the hospital to give pediatric patients an opportunity for a fun driving experience during hospital stays.<\/p>\n
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