15th January 2020
The 5 year old client is blind, has cerebral palsy and is quadriplegic. But her hearing is good and she likes to go outside in her wheelchair. In wet weather she needs a raincover but none was available to fit the chair and keep the cover from falling on her head.
11th June 2019
The kitchen window handle has a button off-set from the handle. It must be depressed to engage the handle which otherwise remains locked. Commercially available opening poles do not take this into account. Several solutions have been posted on MakeAbility and a modification of one was used. The client is short of stature and needed to stand on a small folding step to get a suitable angle to operate the pole.
13th April 2014
This young girl was really struggling with the narrow steps to her bunk bed, and needed a more secure footing.
A mini staircase was constructed to match the existing bed; it is clipped securely to the bed and has an added bonus of extra storage under the steps.
To quote a letter of thanks from her parents, ” ..she is fully independent and can get in and out of bed with ease,….. and is thrilled with her ‘secret cupboard’!”
12th April 2014
A former Commando, paralysed in a climbing accident, wanted to climb Kilimanjaro in his wheelchair. He needed help climbing the scree slopes in his specialist arm powered hand bike.
A set of 6 ladder sections of about 1.8m in length were made. Each of which could be plugged into one another to form either one long ramp suitable for the traction wheel of the trike or, as three parallel ramps to take all the wheels; or as a single long railway to take a special collapsible carriage.
Using this special kit, the client climbed 5,650 metres before hypothermia and the severe terrain prevented further progress.
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