Children with mobility challenges had the opportunity to test drive and take home a brand new toy ride-on car on Friday. The cars were modified for them with the guidance of physical and occupational therapists at Central Connecticut State University.
The Central C.A.R.E.S Club first started the ‘Go Baby Go!’ workshops in 2015 with the help of Michele Dischino, a CCSU technology and engineering education professor.
She thought it was a fantastic idea after seeing an NBC story in 2014 of University of Delaware students who founded the program.
Students rewire the cars, so instead of children using a foot pedal, they can push a button on the steering wheel to make them go.
“We’ve also added basic support structures that we can attach things like a five-point harness to and those final stages today we will do with the physical and occupational therapist guiding us through that to make sure that everything is safe for the child — uniquely …