Father designs shoes to allow his paralyzed daughter to experience walking

Father designs shoes to allow his paralyzed daughter to experience walking.

“When my son was two years old, I was told by medical professionals that he doesn’t know what his legs are and has no consciousness of them”, Elnatan, a music therapist told the Daily Mail.

Out of the “pain and desperation” with her son’s condition she created the Firefly Upsee Harness, a harness which allows handicapped children to stand and move together with a supporting adult.

After a global search for a company to mass-produce her “Upsee”, the Israeli mother chose Northern Ireland-based manufacturer Leckey, which has a long track record in making equipment for children with special needs. 

The harness will cost around $540, plus shipping, which makes it an affordable option for parents, who like Debby, want to give their children the chance to walk for the very first time. Debby Elnatan is the name of this mother. When she was told about her son’s diagnosis, cerebral palsy which would led to his confinement on a wheelchair for the rest of his life, she refused to accept this faith and started working on something new: a device that allowed her son to stand on his legs and walk, the most normal way possible.After a few years of development, she ended up creating the Firefly Upsee Harness, which allows her and her son to walk at the same time. It basically “straps” the child to the legs of an adult, which provides the necessary support that the affected kids lack, and they walk in unison.