‘Unbelievable’: Adapted Toy Cars Give Kids with Disabilities More Independence
May 8, 2018
By: Meghan Holohan
Source: Today
Every kid dreams of getting a toy car — they’re fun, fast and just downright cool. Yet for Levi Hagerty, a certain set of Power Wheels had a much greater significance: the 6-year-old has cerebral palsy and is quadriplegic. Before getting an adapted version of the battery-powered car, he couldn’t move or play independently.
When Levi first slid into his custom Power Wheels at 3 years old, he was transformed. As he sped around the room with his sister, Faith, in the passenger seat, the two giggled as his parents cried happy tears.
“It was the most exciting thing ever — that smile on his face,” mom Nicole Hagerty, 30, of Oswego, Illinois, told TODAY.