What a transformation!

Fallon turned two last April. How well does she walk for a two-year-old child with ECCL? She has a steady pace and the ability to stand still, twist her upper body and watch her dog walk past her.

Just three months ago in December, she found walking much harder to do. Her vision impairment made walking unsafe and incredibly chaotic. Her mother provided handheld assistance. Her walking strategy was purely a physical fight to stay upright, leaving little energy left over for planning where she wanted to go, she just went until she stopped.

Her vision impairment got in the way of her balance. She needs more touch feedback in the form of a helping hand, a stationary object, or a Pediatric Belt Cane. Initially when she first began wearing her Pediatric Belt Cane, she continued to rely on handheld assistance. Yet she was safer and she looked like she was pulling her mom forward with purpose.

In March, she is now walking independently and her mother is teaching her new concepts.  When wearing her Pediatric Belt Cane, Fallon is walking and talking, she also has the balance to stand still or to calmly walk purposefully to a desired destination.

Now that walking is safe and safe walking is easy

Fallon easily engages in five to seven hours of daily recommended physical activity learning to problem solve, play, and due her part in daily activities of living.