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Underage Drivers: Could robotic vehicles help SMA children?
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Researchers at the University of Deleware are working to develop robotic vehicles that they believe could help young disabled children by allowing them to explore their environment. According to Cole Galloway, a physical therapy professor, this mobility is important to a child’s development because “as soon as you’re reaching, as soon as you’re walking, your cognition explodes.” This suggests that many disabled children may be missing out developmentally because they often are not given a power-chair or other powered mobility option until the age of 3 or later.
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