00:13Those of us who are mothers raising children, we invest an enormous amount of time, physical,
00:23emotional, mental, spiritual, time and energy in our kids, and multiply that by about six
00:31times for a kid with significant impairments that cause a disability.
00:47Cerebral palsy is this giant catch-all term, the resulting set of disabilities as a result
00:54of neurological injury.
01:04You have to be willing to have compassion for your child, that they have a tricky body
01:16and they didn't do it on purpose and they didn't do it to make your life hard.
01:22What a wheelchair means is freedom.
01:27Human dignity.
01:30A wheel chair is an extension of the extremities of the person.
01:37Human dignity.
01:37Human dignity.
01:39No need, it is a must.
01:55Just delivering a wheelchair wasn't enough.
01:59We wanted to give the kind of wheelchairs that my family would have wanted Eleanor to have.
02:10Eleanor, their youngest daughter who is a child with special needs.
02:17Without both her life and her death, none of this would be happening.
02:23Eleanor died at age 11.
02:25For three years, her parents grieved.
02:28Then in 2004, they channeled their emotion into an organization that would bring wheelchairs
02:34and adaptive equipment to children.
02:38Makes me want to try and make the world a better place for other kids like Eleanor.
02:45Some of them are able to self-propel for the first time or even go to school for the first
02:51time.
02:53So here, it's pure joy to deliver these services and really make a difference.
03:04My dear Eleanor.
03:06Thank you very much.
