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.
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