Wheelchair temporary foot plate
A temporary foot securing plate for a wheelchair to mitigate possible injury through involuntary leg movement.
Anywhere
Parkinsons infusion pump holster modifications
Improvements to the standard holster for CADD-Legacy 1400 infusion pump for Parkinsons medication
Trombone shoulder mount repair/improvement
A replacement and improved component for a disability adaptation to steady a trombone
Pen-top remover
A pen-top remover for a jewellery maker who uses paper which she decorates using felt-tip pens. She has reduced strength in her hands due to Rheumatoid arthritis and has great difficulty removing the caps from the pens and glue-stick.
Tablet computer flexi arm modification
A simple modification to a flexi-arm tablet computer holder to suit a particular wheelchair table.
Overlocker Hand Controller 2
The client was unable to use her feet to operate the speed controller for her overlocker sewing machine so a hand operated controller was constructed
Book Manipulation Aid
The client suffers from motor neurone impairment virtually robbing her of the use of her hands and fingers. She likes to read actual books (as opposed to Kindle books) but cannot now hold or manipulate a book. This project provides a device which has given the client sufficient control of a book to be easily able to read it.
Replacement wheelchair table top
A replacement top for a wheelchair tray that is no longer being made
Handlebar extension
A client asked if we could help with an extension to her handlebar on her first bike. The client liked to support her hand and required the handle bar to be smaller and closer to her body.
Non-spill cup carrier
A design for a cup or mug carrier for people who are unsteady on their feet, which greatly reduces accidental spills. We have made over a dozen of these for various clients who have suffered from Parkinsons, strokes and the like.
Relocated Wheelchair Hand Control
Client with very little mobility, only movement in one hand and in his head, could no longer reach the electric wheelchair hand control on the side of his chair. Remap made a frame to relocate the hand control to his center so that he could reach it, the frame also carried a support for his tablet which was his only way to communicate.
Adjustable Wrist Support
Paul has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which has left him with extremely limited movement, literally just a few fingers and his mouth and eyes.
Paul loves using his computer with a glide point mouse (touch pad). The problem is getting, and keeping, his hand in just the right position to operate the touch pad.
I provided a foam wrist support on top of an adjustable platform. It is now easy for a carer to adjust the wrist support up or down my small amounts.
help to get out of car
Aid to get out of car
Reduce height of 3-wheeled walker
The client found that the height of her 3-wheeled walker could not be adjusted low enough for her. The handles were replaced by new ones giving the required height.
Sudoku set for blind user
Milton Keynes panel were contacted by the husband of a lady who was a talented pianist and artist before becoming blind in her late 70’s due to Temporal Arteritis. She had enjoyed playing Sudoku so we were asked if we could produce a set for her to use.
A tactile 6 x 6 Sudoku set was made using wooden cubes with raised pins to indicate numbers, similar to a set of dice, with larger ‘setting’ cubes so that a puzzle could be set up by the Client’s husband
Wheelchair joystick knob
The client’s arthritis makes it painful to grasp the small knob on her wheelchair joystick. A larger, more comfortable one was added.