OnUp - Walking Aid

prototype, healthcare, persons with disabilities, Good Seed

Re-designing walking aid for disabled children to facilitate social inclusion

 

This venture is to redesign assistive walking aid to help children aged between 10 and 15 years old with Spasticity Diplegia (SD) or Cerebral Palsy (CP) overcome the emotional and physical challenges and thereby improve their social development. This venture also aims to raise social awareness of those children and hence promote social inclusion.

Name of Organisation

(Not Applicable)

Approved Funding Amount

HK$100,000

Funding Period (Status)

13 months (Ended)

Impact/Outcomes

  • Finished the manufacturing of first prototype.
  • Conducted user testing by occupational therapists.
  • Design refined with a manufacturing prototype being produced as a proof-of-concept for design for manufacture.

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