Students invent tool to help stroke patient hug again for 1st time in 8 years

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Students invent tool to help stroke patient hug again for 1st time in 8 years
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The “HugAgain” is a game changer for Kevin Eubanks and his family.

When Emily Sisco challenged her students to create a piece of adaptive equipment for her dad who had aWhat the occupational therapy assistant and adjunct professor at Arkansas State University could not have known is how a video of her dad using that piece of equipment would touch millions around the world.,” and it allows Kevin Eubanks — Sisco’s dad — to give two-armed hugs again despite weakness in his left arm.

And it was. Since Eubanks’ emotional response to being able to hug his grandsons was captured and shared by Sisco, it has been viewed more than 4 million times. Eubanks said he believes the long-running global pandemic contributed to the outpouring of positive feedback about his experience with the HugAgain.

“He came in person to thank them for making a difference not only in his life but in so many other lives too,” she said.

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