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Local maker space built and donated a toddler mobility trainer to a family

Maiden Walker Podcast · March 16, 2026
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Summary

Grand River Maker Space volunteers used a freely available design to produce a toddler mobility trainer for a local family that had difficulty obtaining a medically approved device through insurance; volunteers produced parts over about two weeks and the family assembled the device at the space.

Volunteers at Grand River Maker Space in Walker used a downloadable design from Makegood Nola to produce a toddler mobility trainer for a family that had struggled to obtain an appropriate device through insurance, hosts Josh and Chris said on the Maiden Walker podcast.

According to the guests, the trainer is not a medically approved wheelchair but a sized mobility trainer built…

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