Austin Whitney

PARALYZED STUDENT WALKS WITH PRIDE--AND AN EXO-SKELETON--AT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

By Miriam Raftery

June 3, 2012 (Berkeley) - As the mother of a U.C. Berkeley graduate, I couldn't be prouder of my son's alma mater than after viewing this video.  In it, student Austin Whitney, who was paralyzed in a car accident, is enabled to walk across the stage and accept his diploma with help from an exo-skeleton created thanks to technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley.  Just imagine what this could mean someday for our wounded veterans and other injured people!

 


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