ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Albert Manero, cofounder and executive director of Limbitless Solutions, said the work never stops.
“At any given day, you never quite know what it will bring and that’s what makes it a lot of fun here,” Manero said.
Limbitless Solutions is known for its work in making affordable bionic arms for children. From 3D printing to video game designing, students are more than happy to learn and create.
“Our student program really represents the full picture of UCF and being able to bring in people from all different disciplines and different backgrounds helps us be able to create that new technology, as well as being able to make it as seamless for the families as they start to learn how to use their bionic arm,” Manero explained.
Among those students is Courtney Williams. She is a health sciences major who is getting ready to graduate with her degree in May.
Williams said this semester, she received help through Central Florida’s largest employer, Disney.
An $80,000 Disney grant funded Williams and 15 other UCF students as part of the various STEAM degrees they’re working toward as part of Disney Future Storytellers initiative.
Williams told News 6 her next stop is grad school.
“Definitely not so I was promoted to an associate role in my last semester, and I wasn’t expecting anything I was just having fun like helping out at Limbitless so I was very grateful for the opportunity,” Williams said.
The nonprofit has helped 50 families since 2014 and Disney has been a part of the journey too by helping the organization upgrade its technology through other grants.
“The students are getting such a good experience while they are here and then the end result is life-changing technology for kids,” Stephanie Steele with Walt Disney World said.
Limbitless Solutions is currently working with Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and has launched a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of video game-based training aimed at helping children learn how to use prosthetic arms.
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