Wally the robot goes to school when I'm too sick!

The article focuses on 10-year-old Brodie Mullin, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia last July 2016. According to Brodie's mum Bianca, following their little boy's devastating diagnosis, the first ray of sunshine for the Mullin family was that one phone call from a fellow parent that resulted in a telepresence robot so that Brodie could still be in the classroom.