Alex Pring is a 6 year old boy born without an arm. Now, with the help of students at the University of Central Florida, he's got to do something he never had before: give his mom a two-handed hug.
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Alex Pring is a 6 year old boy born without an arm. Now, thanks to the help of students at the University of Central Florida, he's got to do something he never had before: give a hug with both hands to his mom.
The child is used to his condition and has always managed to do everything. But as I got older and more active, the need for a prosthesis started to get stronger. So aerospace engineering student Albert Manero equipped him with a new 'bionic' arm, including a hand that can open and close.
The artificial limb it can move using the muscle energy of the upper arm. “I still try to do things like other children, using what I have. But it's more and more difficult as I grow up ", has explained the child at the Orlando Sentinel.
Now it will be easier to do everything. But it wasn't a walk in the park. In fact, prostheses for children are more difficult to make than those for adults, explains Manero. Also, most of the insurance companies he does not pay them, because they must be replaced when the child grows up.
Alyson Pring, the boy's mom, found Manero through the online network E-nible, an international group of volunteer engineers, 3-D experts, occupational therapists, students, inventors and professors. One of their goals is precisely that of help children without hands. Manero had joined the group, because when he was younger he had a friend who lacked fingers. He decided, therefore, that he would help those who suffered from such a disability.
So little Alex Pring now officially has a new right arm, all for a total of just $ 350. Obviously, the first thing she did when she put on her prosthesis was give her mom a beautiful hug. Photographer KT Crabb was there to capture the scene. “When she hugged me with both hands, she would never let me go,” Mom said.
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