A young boy from Brazil who was born with no arms and legs, has found a family and a future here in Utah.

News Specialist Kirsten Sorenson has a special report on a child's remarkable experience.

The little boy you are about to meet was born with almost every conceivable disadvantage.

Despite that, he is happy, he is healthy, and he has a dignity that he wasn't granted at birth. All because of a group of people we call, "Gabriel's Angels."

Janelle Adams/Mother: "I JUST REALLY THINK IT WAS MEANT TO BE."

Meant to be that Gabriel found a home with the Adames and their 12 kids in Fruit Heights.

The 2-and-a-half-year-old was born with no arms and legs and abandoned at birth in Brazil. He has Hand Heart Syndrome, which probably means he survived an attempted abortion.

Janelle Adams/Mother: "THERE'S AN ABORTION DRUG AVAILABLE IN BRAZIL CALLED MISOPROSTOL AND IT WORKS BY INTERRUPTING THE VASCULAR DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSES HAND HEART SYNDROME."

But his new family doesn't care how he came to be.

A hospital psychologist in Brazil had worried about him because he spent the first eight months alone in a crib.

Janelle Adams/Mother: "HIS GREATEST ASSET IS HIS BRAIN. AND THEY WERE AFRAID THAT WITH THE LACK OF STIMULATION TO THE BRAIN, THAT THAT WOULD DETERIORATE AND HE WOULD BE LEFT WITH VERY LITTLE. AND SO WE HAVE LOTS OF STIMULATION AT OUR HOUSE."

"WHERE'S YOUR MOUTH? WHERE'S YOU'RE NECK?"

Gabe can balance and he's even learning how to walk - in his own way.

Going up a stair is a huge achievement. Mom says he's showing off for our camera.

Gabe is attached to Landon, who is a month younger. And he likes to sing with 10-month-old McKenna.

In the year and a half he has been with the Adames, he has become part of the family.

Kirsten Sorenson/Eyewitness News: "DOCTORS AND THERAPISTS HERE AT SHRINER'S HOSPITAL ARE AMAZED AT HOW WELL GABRIEL CAN GET AROUND ON HIS OWN. BUT FOR GABRIEL'S ANGELS AT THIS HOSPITAL, THAT WASN'T ENOUGH. THE EXPERTS HERE WHO BUILD CUSTOM WHEELCHAIRS COLLECTED PARTS FROM THREE DONATED CHAIRS, AND BUILT ONE ESPECIALLY FOR GABE."

The hospital is also helping him learn how to steer the new chair, using his head.

Right now, he's negotiating hills and avoiding stairs.

Cal Johnson/Shriners' Hospital: "MOM WENT WALKING DOWN SOME STAIRS AND REALIZED THAT HER SON IN THE WHEELCHAIR WAS FOLLOWING HER AND WE HAD TO STOP AND REMIND HIM THAT NO, WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU ABOUT CURB CUTS AND RAMPS."

Janelle Adams/Mother: "YOU HAVE TO STAY HERE WITH ME. KRISTY IS DOWN. WE ARE UP."

For Gabe, learning how to go down a slight hill is as exciting as a rollercoaster ride.

Janelle Adams/Mother: "ONCE HE RECOGNIZED, IT WAS ONLY LIKE THE SECOND TIME, THAT HE HAD FREEDOM AND MOBILITY, THAT HE JUST SQUEALED THE WHOLE TIME."

One of Gabe's siblings comes to the hospital each week. This time, he raced sister Mariah, and played hide and seek.

The chair not only gives him mobility, but new identity.

Cal Johnson/Shriner's Hospital: "SEEING GABE JUST COME ALIVE HAS REALLY BEEN THE BIGGEST THRILL. WHEN WE FIRST GOT GABE WITH US HE WASN'T VERY VOCAL. AND NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF EVERYTHING."

Janelle Adams/Mother: "THE CHAIR IS THE BEGINNING OF HIS REALIZING HIS FREEDOM."

That wheelchair would have typically cost about $15,000. But because Shriner's is a charitable organization, the chair will be given to the family once Gabriel is ready to take it home.