Michigan teen designs stroller adaption for new mom in wheelchair

Simply brilliant. This young man spent six months on the project. Way to go, Alden Kane!

DETROIT (WJBK) - A new mom in a wheelchair just wanted to take her new baby for a stroll, and she is finally able to do so after a Michigan high schooler designed the perfect solution.

Thirty years ago in Waterford, 5-year-old Sharina Jones was shot by another child playing with a gun. As a paraplegic, she has learned to adapt and lives a very active life - but sometimes she needs the world to adapt to her.

"A lot of my friends have babies and they are out, running with their babies in the stroller and I thought, 'What am I going to do?' she says.

Enter Alden Kane, a 16-year-old University of Detroit Jesuit High School senior. Through a high level stem class (that's science, technology, engineering and math) and in collaboration with the University of Detroit Mercy, Alden welcomed the challenge of designing an adaptable stroller for Sharina.

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