Solutions

Here you will find an archive of many previous REMAP solutions. These may be pieces of bespoke equipment or adaptations that have been made by REMAP volunteers. To find out more about an item, please click view details.

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Making Arms Weightless

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The client has cerebral palsy and uses a motorised wheelchair. She does not have sufficient strength in her arms to lift them, let alone to lift a cup, so she is completely dependent on other people for eating and drinking.... View Details

Wheelchair table for art

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The Suffolk East branch of REMAP was asked by an Occupational Therapist in Social Services to provide a wheelchair table for art, suitable for someone with left side paralysis following a stroke. View Details

Art Headset

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The project aims to enhance the artistic capabilities of residents at St. Bridgit's, a Leonard Cheshire Disability home in West Sussex. By designing specialised headgear and a versatile easel, the initiative seeks to empower individuals with disabilities to engage in... View Details

One Handed Knitting

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The client's journey underscores the importance of tailored solutions for individuals facing physical challenges. With the help of innovative knitting aids designed specifically for her needs, she has the potential to overcome barriers that have hindered her passion for knitting.... View Details

One-handed scissors

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A pupil wished to cut paper and card with scissors like her school friends but has the use of only one hand. A board was devised that holds the card while it is being cut. View Details

ONE-HANDED KNITTING AID

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A one-handed knitting aid for a client who had a stroke affecting her left side, and based around an embroidery hoop stand. View Details

Knitting Aid

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This project provides a flexible support for knitting for a client with limited mobility in one arm. The device is designed to be fully useable with one hand, ridged enough to work against but flexible enough to be easily adjustable. View Details

Life without fingers and thumbs

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Our client contracted Covid fairly early on, which led to sepsis and necessitated the amputation of all fingers and thumbs. Help from the NHS was coming but not in the immediate future. I visited with her Occupational Therapist and saw... View Details

One-handed knitting

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This client wanted an aid to allow her to continue knitting after losing the use of her left arm as a result of a stroke. View Details

bespoke kitchen step

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This client required a bespoke step so they could reach the kitchen work surface and help to cook with family members. View Details

Writing – Painting Aid

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A drawing/painting/writing aid for a Cerebral Palsy sufferer who enjoys painting. The device attaches to a fabric-covered splint via a metal joint and locking screws on aluminium sheets formed to match the splint. The sheets are lined with sections of... View Details

Artist’s head harness

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Lizzie has been using painting as a therapy for some time.  Her cerebral palsy means that she can't use her hands to paint and as she is in a wheelchair it makes it difficult for her to paint on a... View Details

School chair footrests

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Our client is a school pupil with achondroplasia, which is a form of dwarfism. The sort of chairs used in science, art, domestic science, and wood/metalwork are higher than normal school chairs and Remap were asked if we could add... View Details

Chin controlled sewing machine

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John has a spinal chord injury at chest level and uses a manual wheelchair. He is an engineer and very much likes to work problems through himself. John bought an electric sewing machine so that he can sew bespoke articles... View Details

Sliding Desktop Hand Support

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Our client was unable to use a pen to write or draw because she did not have sufficient muscular strength to move her hand and arm across the table. View Details

Variable Pen Grip

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Our client was a teenage girl who was unable to grip a pen due to her disability. The school she attended had a range of felt tip pens and paint brushes varying from 10mm diameter up to 45 mm diameter. View Details

Modified Over Bed Table

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The client was a very accomplished water colour artist but found it extremely difficult to paint from her reclining chair, her MS condition required her to sit with her legs raised. She also loved reading and completing jig saws, both... View Details

Drawing aid pen holder

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The client is 20 months old and has arthrogryposis which causes him to have limited movement in his wrists, hands and fingers. His mum and OT wanted him to start holding a pen and drawing but this was not possible... View Details

Paternoster storage system

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The client has restricted space and is wheelchair bound. They live in a rented flat so permanent fixings to walls etc are not allowed. The clients main hobby is creating art and crafts for which they use a lot of... View Details

Motorised Easel

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A well known mouth painting artist required a multi way adjustable and 360 degree rotating easel so that she could try new techniques in painting. The easel had to be lightweight, collapsible and portable in order to be used in... View Details

Bike race inspired sensory project

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Nidderdale Children’s Resource Centre in Killinghall near Harrogate offers short breaks to children and young people with special needs. In 2019, the UCI Road World Championship bike race was held in Harrogate, and one of the stages went right past... View Details

Card Craft Cutting Board

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The client was using a scalpel to cut card, whilst holding a ruler as the straight edge to cut against. The client's lack of strength made it difficult for them to hold the ruler in a fixed position against the... View Details

Lift on Mobility Scooter

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The client spends much of his time sitting on the ground caring for an exotic collection of some 200 birds but he needs to get on to a mobility scooter to travel distances and he is getting progressively weaker.  He... View Details

Paintbrush fitted solution to help a lady paint with her feet

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A lady who lost the use of her arms would like to be able to paint using her feet instead. She tried to do it barefoot initially  but she couldn't grip the paintbrush between her toes. View Details