Robotic suit gives paralyzed kids the gift of walking

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 21, 2022 12:05 am

MEXICO CITY: Wearing a robotic exoskeleton designed specially for children, an eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy walked through a therapy room in Mexico City, smiling triumphantly at the once-unthinkable feat.

David Zabala uses a wheelchair due to his neurological condition, which also left him deaf and reliant on sign language.

SLOW BUT STEADY David Zabala, an eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, is assisted by a physical therapist and his mother Guadalupe Cardozo Ruiz (center) during a rehabilitation session with the robotic exoskeleton Atlas 2030 at the Association for People with Cerebral Palsy in Mexico City on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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