he has poly micro gyria. he s missing a chromosome. toys have to work double time to stimulate him. around christmas time those toys are hard to find and they are very expensive. katelyn said she learned of this college toy team from one of lucas s doctors. his physical therapist a year ago said i want a car. as you might expect, it s not just any car. this is unf s adaptive toy project. students are customizing popular kids rechargeable sports cars and suvs to suit children with developmental challenges and professor mary lundy says the toys play two roles. children that have developmental disabilities can t always explore their environment and play, so that s one piece. at the same time, through this increased mobility they learn cause and effect, they learn object permanence, they learn
balance, they learn mobility. juanis aeros is a professor. teaming them up has not been easy. physical therapy and engineering. it s kind of a clash of cultures. it s a different world for sure. working groups. we give them one single problem. that is they have to provide power mobility to children with a moving car. hopefully we re teaching a lot of soft skills in addition to technical hands on skills. team work, altruism, compassion, self-sacrifice. reporter: senior engineering student said this stretches back to his childhood in venezuela. it s not rooted in the nostalgia of a toy car. although he loved it. i had one with a hole in the bottom like the flintstones. reporter: instead it s driven by nomita, who could not ride