Three-year-old Leo’s face lights up as he takes his first steps strapped into a green machine, his small fingers grabbing onto the handle bars as his sneakers push off the ground, propelling him forward with the help of a robotic walker.
His mom, Inna Begelfer, watches him with a wide smile.
Two and a half years ago, when her son was first diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder at six months old, a doctor told her family Leo would never walk, Begelfer said.
“He did amazing. I have butterflies,” Begelfer said. “My son can walk.
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