ALEX, CARTER'S DAD
Carter is a beautiful four and a half year old. He's the kind of kid that has a little bit of spark. He draws him into you.
He's a real got a real bubbly personality, loves being around people. Carter also has cerebral palsy.
It means that he can't do the things a normal four and a half year old can do.
Carter has vision issues, he's non verbal. But he's working very hard on sign language, he can say 'more' and 'finished', which is just amazing after working so long on that.
He has epilepsy. But a beautiful, beautiful personality.
ANGELA DIVES, CEREBAL PALSY ALLIANCE
Carter is a twin and he will tell you all about his 'twinny', that's what he calls her, his sister.
He starts school next year, so the fact that he's using this Wizzy Bug is really important and really exciting.
Wizzy Bugs are these amazing, kind of, first wheelchairs that children get to use; they look like a little ladybug and it's really great to start working on spatial awareness, mobility, being able to get out in the community and they're really really cute to look at.
[ALEX]
The Wizzy Bug is incredible. It's this really cool piece of equipment that Carter can use himself.
It's a tool to help with his navigation skills, his mobility his social development, but it's fun.
As soon as he hops in you can see he gets this smile on his face; he can reach down, you can grab the joystick and he can push it forward and he can move.
Just to see when we take it home and we've got a little cul-de-sac where we live, he's a kid; he gets out, he can be in his Wizzy Bug, he can drive around in his own pace; he can learn those navigation skills and he's got his peers and siblings around him they're riding their bikes, riding their scooters and before, Carter would be sitting there, on his mum's lap not doing a whole lot, generally not being happy.
He's in there, he's a kid first, disability second.
It's tremendous, it's brilliant and it's really cool.
So to have someone like the Charitable Foundation provide a piece of equipment like this, is gonna benefit so many families.
Thank you very much from my family.