About
They Shall Walk is a non-profit medical research corportation in the state of Washington. It was founded to give the gift of walking, raise awareness of paralyzed and other disAbled persons, improve their quality of life through technology, provide FREE medical care, provide educational opportunities for students, teachers, mentors and schools.
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Attend a Lab Tour at our Seattle research facility, Attend one of our events, Start mentoring students now, volunteer your services,
They Shall Walk was founded by Monty K Reed in 1986 specifically to build the LIFESUIT robotic exoskeleton that would give him his life back. After designing the system Monty experienced a miraculous healing and was able to walk again. He still suffers daily with pain and partial paralysis that comes and goes even after two decades of rehabilitation.
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The next step in the Gift of Walking timeline is the Rehabilitation model of the LIFESUIT for the CMC in Vellore India. Paralyzed people will use the LIFESUIT LS16 (LIFSEUIT prototype number sixteen) to stand, walk and exercise. We only need $250,000 more to get the LIFESUIT into the hospital in India. This would normally cost $600,000 here in the United States. This is a great savings to you the donors who are supporting this project. Your donation will get us one step closer to the Gift of Walking Make a One Time Donation
You can buy a copy of Monty K Reed’s book to find out more about the project http://theyshallwalk.org/books/get-started-dont-quit/
In the future paralyzed people will have a LIFESUIT for use at home and in the office. For instance the LIFESUIT LS14 weighs about 75 pounds and is powered by compressed air. It will allow the wearer walk up to about 2.5 miles per hour and to ascend and descend stairs. The next model, known as LIFESUIT™ LS15 can stand and balance unmanned, it will be controlled in the same way as a powered wheelchair with a joystick. Future generations of the LIFESUIT™ may incorporate a wet-suit style outfit composed of ‘biosynthetic muscle fibers’© ™, fuel cells and lightweight power paks. It will be worn under the clothes and allow paralyzed to walk and no one will ever know they were paralyzed.
There are millions of disabled people that can benefit from the LIFESUIT™ including the SCI, Elderly, Veterans, people with sports injuries, accident victims, and people with congenital defects.
As soon as $250,000 is raised, a medical trial can begin in Vellore, India, at the CMC Medical School. Rotary Club of Shoreline (http://shorelinerotary.com/ )is partnering with the rotary Club of Vallore to help sponsor the project but we still need your support to make this dream come true. Make a pledge today to support our work and help us give the gift of walking. Thank you Rotary
Join They Shall Walk as a supporting member for $50 per year. You will recieve a newsletter and VIP entrance to all events.
They Shall Walk is a Project of the Protocol Foundation www.protocolfoundation.org a 501C3 nonprofit. Each donation means the disabled are one step closer to walking again. If you would like to help our cause you can click here to go to the donation page or click on the navigation bar on top.
monty@theyshallwalk.org
206-297-9255 Lab phone 206-250-5639 direct line good for texting too.
