Electric wheelchair proves life-changing for young woman with spina bifida A YOUNG woman suffering from spina bifida has received a life changing electric wheelchair. Zoe Little, 21, relies on a wheelchair to move around but was left desperate for an upgrade as her old one kept breaking down. The Clydebank woman has undergone 57 operations and charity Children s Today were over the moon that they could help her regain independence with help of the £6,110 chair. “Knowing that it’s comfortable and that she can go into a shop and look at the top shelf independently without me having to be with her is brilliant, her mum Jacqueline said.