VIDEO: Robotic exoskeleton gives gift of walking to B.C. boy [Video]

A Maple Ridge boy with cerebral palsy is undergoing therapy in Alberta with a new walking device his mother calls a game changer. 

Max Labelle was diagnosed with hypotonia at birth, a type of cerebral palsy, meaning he has low tone in his muscles. 

“He can’t sit, stand, walk, crawl – like bear his own weight without help,” described his mother, Jaime Labelle. Max has to be carried from one place to another and then he is either in a stroller or hiker. Max is also legally blind and deaf, he also has epilepsy, and he is non-verbal, which makes his life more complicated. 

However, last year, the family was introduced to a Trexo Robotics Exoskeleton, which is a made-in-Canada, state-of-the-art mobility aid helping children …