Activity Board
An activity board for a special school
Reduced dexterity
GPS Tracker
The client is a power wheel chair user who is able to control the chair himself but unable to use his hands for much else.
Oven transfer shelf
This handy shelf allows Daniel to slide hot dishes in and out of the oven safely.
Replacements for amputated hands
The lady had suffered from sepsis and, as a consequence, had lost both hands and both feet. The NHS were able to provide a wheelchair and later prosthetic legs but had little to offer in the short term anything to provide hand functions. We were able to provide basic implements to enable her to feed hersel, sbrush her hair, and to write birthday cards and sign cheques.
Spork-lift
Following a serious accident, the client is unable to raise his hands to his face and accordingly is unable to feed himself using conventional cutlery. A long-handled fork was made for him which has proved successful, but he would like the additional flexibility offered by a spoon. A long-handled spoon is not viable so a means of raising a spoon from the plate to the mouth was needed which maintained the spoon in a horizontal position throughout. Enter the ‘Spork-lift’!
Accessible Bedside Cabinet
The client, who was bed-bound for certain periods of the day, required access to a multiplicity of items that he was unable to reach from his existing bedside cabinet
Adjustable wheelchair controller bracket
Client with short arms requires an adjustable bracket for the controller of her wheelchair to make it easier to reach and to move out of the way when not needed.
Book stands
A special needs school required book stands for its pupils, but found that those from the preferred school supplier too expensive. Modifying “Brada” laptop stands from IKEA proved much more cost effective.
One-handed ponytail tie
Client is a young stroke patient who wished to tie her hair up into a pony tail using just her non-dominant left hand.
Push Button Sewing Machine Control
Our client, with tetraplegia, is able to manipulate his arms enough in order to push and pull and very lightly hook (or hold) objects in his otherwise immobile fingers. He has sufficient patience and skill to use a sewing machine to make rubber padded gloves to protect the hands of fellow wheelchair users.
Radio push-button controls
The client’s advancing dementia made it difficult to operate the baffling array of buttons on his new DAB radio.
Wireless jelly switch addition
A wireless jelly switch makes this toy accessible
Artist’s paint brush holder
The client has difficulty gripping the slender handle of her paint brush. This 3D-printed plastic holder will suit a range of brush sizes.
Modify foot rest of riser/recliner chair
Because of his height, the client finds that the footrest of his riser/recliner chair does not support his feet.
Power Assisted Picker
Client is a 9 years old with joint problems, they cannot bend down to pick things up and has weakness in wrists and hands. They have tried 2 different sorts of “pick up sticks”, neither useful as mechanical system offers to much resistance. So I decided it would have to be some sort of electro-mechanical […]
Trombone playing support
Padded dish … … mounted on client’s stand. A trombone player requires a support to take the weight of his instrument to allow him to continue playing after a stroke. A simple padded dish (a repurposed dog feeding bowl) was fitted to the client’s trombone stand with a length of threaded rod (to give height […]