Students design ‘Chandler’s Chariot’ for boy with cerebral palsy – WBAL Baltimore

TIMONIUM, Md.

Engineering students at Dulaney High School in Timonium put the finishing touches Wednesday on a special wheelchair they designed for a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy.

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For the past six months, the students have been building a therapeutic chair for Chandler Winchester. It's a wheelchair-bicycle hybrid that Chandler's family hopes will eventually help him to exercise his limbs.

Chandler's family applied for the device through the Baltimore-based nonprofit V-LINC, which connects volunteer engineers with families in need.

High school seniors designed the chair and built it from scratch around a car seat. The young engineers are calling it "Chandler's Chariot."

"To work on this has just been fun. Only 12 of us here, we all know each other, all know what we're doing. (It's) just a blast," said Alex Najera, a Dulaney senior.

"This has all been their design and their idea, and they worked hard, and they've been so excited from day one to do this for Chandler," said Chandler's mother, Dana Winchester.

Chandler's family will spend the next two weeks testing the new chair and making recommendations so students can make any necessary modifications.

WEBVTT IS PROM SEASON.DONNA: STAY SAFE ON PROM NIGHT.TALK ABOUT SOME BRILLIANT KIDS.ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT DULANEYHIGH SCHOOL IN TIMONIUM TODAYPUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON ASPECIAL WHEELCHAIR THEY DESIGNEDFOR A NINE-YEAR-OLD WITHCEREBRAL PALSY.FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS,STUDENTS HAVE BEEN BUILDING ATHERAPEUTIC CHAIR FOR CHANDLERWINCHESTER.IT'S A WHEELCHAIR-BICYCLE HYBRIDTHAT HIS FAMILY HOPES WILLEVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO ALLOWCHANDLER TO EXERCISE HIS LIMBS.HIS FAMILY APPLIED FOR THEDEVICE THROUGH THE BALTIMOREBASED NONPROFIT V-LINC, WHICHCONNECTS VOLUNTEER ENGINEERSWITH FAMILIES IN NEED.HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS DESIGNED THECHAIR AND BUILT IT FROM SCRATCHAROUND A CAR SEAT.ASLEEP FOR THE FIRST TEST RIDETHE YOUNG ENGINEERS ARE CALLING, IT CHANDLER'S CHARIOT.>> TO WORK ON THIS HAS JUST BEENFUN.ONLY 12 US HERE, WE ALSO EACHOTHER ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.,JUST A BLAST.>> THIS HAS ALL BEEN THEIRDESIGN AND THEIR IDEA AND THEYWORKED HARD, AND THEY'VE BEEN SOEXCITED FROM DAY ONE TO DO THISFOR CHANDLER.DONNA: GOT TO LOVE THAT.CHANDLER'S FAMILY WILL SPEND THENEXT TWO WEEKS TESTING OUT THENEW CHAIR AND MAKING

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