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Florida team devises all-terrain mobility

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• Aug. 12: Stephen Sundarrao, right, CEO of Rehab Ideas, helps 19-year-old college freshman Christopher Rhoades, in a new all-terrain wheelchair as Rhoades' mother Tracie Wiechmann looks on at the University of South Florida in Tampa. The wheelchair was developed by Travis Watkins, an engineering student whose father was suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease, making coveted bike rides and walks on the beach impossible. So Watkins, who was one of the students tasked to come up with a device to make a disabled person's life easier, came up this device -- one of eight -- that will be sold by the newly created Rehab Ideas company.
• Aug. 12: College freshman Christopher Rhoades, 19, who suffers from a progressive form of muscular dystrophy, tries out a new all-terrain wheelchair during a visit to Rehab Ideas at the University of South Florida in Tampa. The wheelchair was developed by Travis Watkins, an engineering student whose father was suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease, making coveted bike rides and walks on the beach impossible. Watkins, who was one of the students tasked to come up with a device to make a disabled person's life easier, came up this device -- one of eight -- that will be sold by the newly created Rehab Ideas company.
• Aug. 12: Stephen Sundarrao, right, CEO of Rehab Ideas, watches as college freshman Christopher Rhoades trys out a new all-terrain wheelchair during a visit to the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla. The wheelchair was developed by Travis Watkins, an engineering student whose father was suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease, making coveted bike rides and walks on the beach impossible. Watkins, who was one of the students tasked to come up with a device to make a disabled person's life easier, came up this device -- one of eight -- that will be sold by the newly created Rehab Ideas company.
• Aug. 12: Tracie Wiechmann, center, mother of 19-year-old college freshman, sheds a tear as her son Christopher Rhoades drives in an off-road wheelchair during a visit to Rehab Ideas at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla. Looking on is Rehab Ideas director of sales and marketing John Trivento. The wheelchair was developed by Travis Watkins, an engineering student whose father was suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease, making coveted bike rides and walks on the beach impossible. So Watkins, who was one of the students challenged to come up with a device to make a disabled person's life easier, came up this device -- one of eight -- that will be sold by the newly created Rehab Ideas company.

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