Toilet seat back rest
A severely disabled wheelchair user needed a back rest for the toilet to allow her to continue living independently. No suitable commercial product available.
Projects
Bolton sailing club wheelchair jetties
Bolton Sailing club is a Sailability centre, which offers sailing for disabled people. Previously, disabled sailors were lifted into their boats on a shore mounted crane, which involved pulling the boat ashore and relaunching with every changeover of sailor.
Remap worked with Jaguar LandRover apprentices to develop a solution.
Head rest on shower chair
Makeability were contacted by an Occupational Therapist in Salford, whose client used their shower chair to move about at home due to its smaller size in comparison to his wheelchair. The shower chair however has no headrest fitted, which was a particular problem during seizures.
Wheelchair cup holder
Tracy needs a cupholder that clips onto the front of her wheelchair armrest, not on the side where it gets broken. A simple bracket was made that slips into the front of the armrest using the same fixing as her table.
Car seat safety screen
12-year old George with developmental and behavioural issues lashes out when anxious and finds transitions stressful. His mother requires a screen to separate him from his siblings in the back seat of their car. A twin-wall polycarbonate screen was made that sits between the individual rear seats, keeping them apart.
Safety bottle top opener
The safety screw tops found on many bottles that require the top to be squeezed before being turned, can be difficult to master by those with reduced dexterity. This solution requires a simple modification to standard slip-jaw pliers
Noise box trainer
A teacher needed a device to help blind and partially sighted children to practice their ability to locate and identify sounds.
Drawing board
8 year old girl with cerebral palsy would love to draw and paint but has limited ability to use her upper limbs. She needs a way of securing the paper on her desk and wheelchair table. The usual methods of Dycem mat, blutac, masking tape etc do not work.
Pool transfer in Portugal
A method of swimming pool transfer when abroad
Neptune bath lift control replacement
A replacement easy to press control for the Mountway Neptune bath lift
Wheelchair bag carrier
Flip up/down bag carrier for the front of a wheelchair
Swimming goggle offset
A 3D printed gadget to alter how swimming goggles seal on the face of a young boy
Balcony platform and ramp
The client used to be able to access her balcony but now uses a wheeled walker and cannot negotiate the almost 5″ drop. There was insufficient room to install a straight ramp so a combination of platform and ramp was required.
Wheelchair foot plates
The limited adjustment of the client’s wheelchair footsupports meant that his feet were not supported comfortably. Longer cushions were added to the footplates to provide the required support.
Opening a kitchen window
Locking handles on kitchen windows are a problem.
Cabin bed steps
A child struggled to climb the steep steps into his cabin bed. The steps were made deeper to allow him to get into bed unaided.