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College students gift adaptive toy car to girl with spina bifida
The free custom car was built to fit Claire’s needs and help the 3-year-old move more independently, students said.
- On Tuesday, University of Southern Maine students presented an adaptive toy car to 3-year-old Claire at the university's health care education campus in Lewiston, Maine.
- Partnering with Go Baby Go, USM students created the vehicle for Claire, who has spina bifida and is paralyzed from the knees down.
- Students customized the vehicle with yellow paint—Claire's favorite color—and decorated it with stickers to enhance her independence and meet her specific needs.
- "She can keep up with the other kids, and she can do a lot of things, get to a lot of places in our yard, specifically that she couldn't," said Samantha Fortier Steward, Claire's mother.
- Families seeking similar adaptive equipment can contact the USM occupational therapy program to join the waitlist for future student-led projects supporting children with disabilities.
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