MIDVALE, Utah — A boy with a rare genetic condition in Midvale is looking for his electric wheelchair that his family said was stolen from their parking lot.

"I was so excited. I was holding back tears recording this,” said Jayson Bird, showing a video of his son, Axton Bird, trying out his new electric wheelchair for the first time. “He came home, got off the bus and went wheeling up to the apartment right here, how cool is that?"

Axton is 11 years old and has Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (ACM).

"It is a very, very rare condition,” Jayson said. "One in 3,000 live births are born with it, and in fact, Axton kind of got the more brunt end of it, where most people don’t have it so severely in all four limbs as he does."

Axton can't bend his joints like other people, and his muscles

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