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Fairfax County Students Invent Automated Walker In Aim To Treat Parkinson's Symptoms Fairfax County Students Invent Automated Walker In Aim To Treat Parkinson's Symptoms
Fairfax County Students Invent Automated Walker In Aim To Treat Parkinson's Symptoms Two young women from Fairfax County have worked together to create an ingenious device to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease, WJLA said. Kaavya Karthikeyan and Akanksha Tibrewala, best friends and classmates at Chantilly High School, invented an automated walker to assist people with Parkinson's and those who struggle to walk, the website said. Two years ago, inspired by Tibrewala's great-grandmother who had Parkinson's disease, the two students began the project after notificing there were no automated walkers for people with disabilities, reports said. The two girls are both passionat…

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