IC Go Baby Go

Go Baby Go is a community-based research, design and outreach program that provides accessible, inexpensive and common-sense solutions for kids with limited mobility. The program was founded by Cole Galloway at the University of Delaware and now has expanded to more than 40 communities nationally and internationally

The Go Baby Go program adapts commercially available electronic ride-on vehicles to meet the individual needs of children with mobility limitations. The modified toy vehicles give children with mobility disabilities a chance to play and socialize with their peers more easily. Past research has shown that independent mobility is linked to cognitive, social, motor, language and other developmental benefits in young children. Being pushed in a stroller or being carried from one place to another is fundamentally different from having active control over one’s own exploration, which is where the developmental gains are seen.

Beyond mobility and socialization, we hope that the ride-on cars provide children with disabilities a chance to just be a kid.

We are having our second Go Baby Go event at Ithaca College on March 24th, 2024. Physical and occupational therapy students from Ithaca College will be working in collaboration with biomedical engineering students from Cornell University to modify and individualize ride-on vehicles for children with mobility limitations in the Ithaca community. Please consider donating to help offset or cover the cost of the vehicle and adaptive equipment to make this a reality for these children and their families.

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