DeJai Mitchell, 23, was born with cerebral palsy.
Author: Payton Weidman
Updated: 7:26 AM CST December 11, 2020
TYLER, Texas — One step at a time. That was Team DeJai's original motto for 23-year-old DeJai Mitchell when he first started to learn to walk with the help of his exoskeleton "Faith."
His mom, Onissa, says he's been confined to a wheelchair most of his life, until last November.
"DeJai was born with cerebral palsy, he was born at one pound, 11.9 ounces, he was a 25 week baby," she said. "Actually, they [doctors] said that he wouldn't live past 5-years-old and here he is, he'll be 24 on January 10.”