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.”