This Brilliant Invention Helps Disabled Kids Walk and Play

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Debby Elnatan's young son, Rotem, has cerebral palsy. He has very limited mobility. She wanted to find a way to help him experience upright movement, so she invented the Upsee. It's a harness that straps a child to the legs and waist of an adult. Both the child and the adult wear sandals that are joined together and slip over their shoes. With the adult's assistance, the child can step, walk, dance and even kick. Both can keep their hands free while doing so.

Elnatan took the Upsee to Leckey, a child accessory manufacturer in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. On Monday, the company released Upsee for global distribution. You can find a promotional video below.


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I've already been doing this since birth...
really, last week i weight myself and i got to 40 kg while i was 45. i cannot get fat no matter how much patato chips i eat... :c
LOL!
they should build a really tall tower and put all the fat people at the top.
oh wait, it would just collapse.
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Honestly thought I had heard of every single idea on how to loose weight, until I got to this article. It could be because of the elevation, cold weather that decreases hunger for some people and they end up loosing weight. Only time Im up 7000 feet in elevation is at Big Bear, Ca. when I go skiing and even then its a work out. Good to know.
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This does seem a little bit crazy - I live on the third floor of an apartment and am not super fit. Just kidding:) I would like to lose some weight though - maybe my next vacation will be to a mountain or high altitude destination!
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