At just 5-years-old, Sharina Jones was shot and lost the use of her
legs. Now at the age of 35, Jones is expecting her first child and often
wondered how she would be able to manage a stroller while being in a
wheelchair. Thanks to a 16-year-old high school student, Sharina Jones
has her very own specially designed wheelchair stroller.
16-year-old
Alden Kain is a senior at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School
and is enrolled in a special design class. He was paired up with Jones
to create the wheelchair stroller. After six long months of hard work,
his project was a success.
“The biggest priority is to make it
safe for baby, of course. And then, also you really want to make it
independent for the mother. Talking to her was a big help, figuring out
the workability of the device, where to put a diaper bag, whether or not
she could unhook the stroller and how she can move around in the chair.“
The stroller is made up of lightweight metal tubing that attaches to
the wheelchair while using a regular baby car seat. After seeing Jones
and her baby using the invention, Kane has hopes to make the device
available to more people.
Jones said that she is happy that she
will be able to push her baby around in a stroller. After seeing many of
her friends with their children, she always wondered if she would be
able to take a stroll with her child. “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?’“
