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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 07:13 AM Mar 2014

She Wanted To Help Her Disabled Son Walk. But This Mom’s Invention Just Might Change Everything.

Necessity is the mother of invention and this is especially true of one mother who set out to help her young boy with cerebral palsy. Debby Elnatan is a music therapist and mother who came up with an idea that could change lives of thousands of wheelchair-using children around the world.



After doctors told her her son Rotem had no understanding of how his legs worked, Debby cried for a week after and then tried to find something that could help him and ended up inventing a harness that attaches to an adult and allows the child to stand upright and walk.

http://www.reshareworthy.com/harness-helps-disabled-children/

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She Wanted To Help Her Disabled Son Walk. But This Mom’s Invention Just Might Change Everything. (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 OP
That picture... sendero Mar 2014 #1
Great! Roy Rolling Mar 2014 #8
Something is in my eyes antiquie Mar 2014 #2
Seeing him "kick" the ball with his brother... Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #3
....... Hotler Mar 2014 #4
K&R! DeSwiss Mar 2014 #5
Necessity (and in this case love) dotymed Mar 2014 #6
The Mother of Invention EC Mar 2014 #7
yeah, that mother of invention thing mopinko Mar 2014 #9
Now THERE is one cool dame! Demeter Mar 2014 #10
What a wonderful invention! logosoco Mar 2014 #11
nobody's watching Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #12
K&R Solly Mack Mar 2014 #13
Looks like parent assisted biofeedback. nt rrneck Mar 2014 #14
most excellent :) allan01 Mar 2014 #15
Never underestimate the power of love... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2014 #16
K & R SunSeeker Mar 2014 #17
Brilliant. Thanks mom. postulater Mar 2014 #18
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Mar 2014 #19
A big K&R n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2014 #20
Maysoon Zayid's dad did the same for her, but Debby Elnatan took it to a whole new level! marzipanni Mar 2014 #21

mopinko

(70,069 posts)
9. yeah, that mother of invention thing
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 09:48 AM
Mar 2014

does not use the word mother for nothing. and when you think about how sexist our language is, you know there is a goooood reason.

go mom. what a thing!

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
11. What a wonderful invention!
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 10:02 AM
Mar 2014

I bet this little boy and many people will get great benefits from this.

I wonder if they could modify it to help people such as myself to learn how to dance (love music, dance like someone not attached to their body!)

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
12. nobody's watching
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 10:08 AM
Mar 2014

"Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth."
-- Mark Twain

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