“When we say, ‘ If you have a body, you’re an athlete,’ that means everybody,” Hatfield says in the video below. When Tobie Hatfield, a Nike shoe designer, read Matthew’s request, he immediately got to work developing a prototype for a shoe Matthew and other people with disabilities could wear comfortably. “As a teenager who is striving to become totally self-sufficient, I find this extremely frustrating and, at times, embarrassing.” “My dream is to go to the college of my choice without having to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes every day,” he wrote, according to Nike. The Zoom Soldier 8 story began back in 2012, when Matthew Walzer, a 16-year-old who lives with cerebral palsy, wrote a letter to Nike asking the company to consider developing a shoe designed for people who have trouble tying shoelaces. The company’s latest footwear, the Zoom Soldier 8, is designed for people with disabilities. Nike’s new shoes are making headlines for more than just their flashy looks.
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