For some children, the best Christmas gift doesn’t come in packages, boxes, or bags. It’s the gift of mobility.
Britany Brown said her son, AJ, was born with a condition that has created a lot of challenges for him. She said every day would be a struggle if not for the organization known as C.A.T.S.
“AJ is not meeting the milestones of standing alone, crawling, or walking. Those sorts of milestones start around age one,” said Brown. “C.A.T.S provided us with a ‘stander’ where he could stand up and he could eat and he could color he was able to do some of the things that normal one-year-olds would normally do on their own.”
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C.A.T.S stands for Children’s Assistive Technology Service. It’s a nonprofit that raises money to help children like AJ learn to move around.
“We take in gently used equipment for kids like walkers, wheelchairs, standers, and bath seats. We refurbish them we clean them and then we offer them to families whose insurance company denied it they don’t have insurance or need to try it for a certain period so we can determine if it’s the right piece of equipment for them,” explained Missy Rose, the Clinical Director for C.A.T.S.