#hugagain

Stroke patient hugs again for the first time in 8 years, thanks to students’ new hugging tool

Since Kevin Eubanks suffered a stroke in 2014, he has not been able to go fishing or give a proper hug, amongst other things. His daughter, Emily Sisco, is an occupational therapy assistant and adjunct professor at Arkansas State University. Wanting her Occupational Therapy Assistant students to experience working with an actual client, she challenged them to create a piece of adaptive equipment…