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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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

School stool footrest

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A new year 7 pupil has Androchorodroplasia and her OT and SENCO asked Remap to modify a school stool by adding a footrest. The brief was to have a footrest 250mm from the seat and projecting 250mm from the stool... View Details

Play table for a 2-year-old child with spinal damage

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The parents wanted a curved table (similar with a kidney shape) that will allow them to push the wheelchair into it. View Details

Sensory Regulation Spinner

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Sam is the teacher of 3 to 6 year olds, with severe learning difficulties in Purple Class at The Milestone School Longlevens. He came to us with this challenge All the children in Purple Class have severe learning difficulties.  Most... 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

Powered platforms for children

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The Redway School is a Milton Keynes school for children and teenagers with physical and learning difficulties. The children often use 'activity chairs' (see photo) which support them physically and have an attached tray to allow them to work with... View Details

Book Manipulation Aid

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[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://www.remap.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/makeabilityimagearchive/2022/03/ManualPageTurner.mp4"][/video] The client has suffered motor-impairment of her hands and fingers and can no longer hold and manipulate a book. She does, however, have limited control of her right index finger. A device had to be made... View Details

Handlebar extension

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I was challenged to produce a handlebar for a girl that was smaller and closer to her body because she liked to support her hand on the bar. The original handlebar was smaller than a normal bike handlebar in diameter... View Details

Dementia activity board

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The board was made with mainly mechanical items (different locks, switches, handles)  that could be fiddled with but not come apart.  The bolts on the bottom of the board had holes drilled in the ends with split pins tightly inserted... 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

Sensory woodland bird boxes

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Nidderdale Children’s Resource Centre in Killinghall near Harrogate offers short breaks to children and young people with special needs.  The facility has a sensory garden already, which Remap has helped with in the past, but the dedicated team who run... View Details

Hands Up Alternative

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The client is 9 years old and attends a mainstream school. She is significantly affected by her cerebral palsy. Her cognitive and social ability means she is keen to engage with the curriculum and with her peers. However, her physical... View Details

Games for Autistic Boy

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Stan has a learning disability, autism, sensory processing disorder. Stan has an inquisitive mind and likes to predict a sequence of events and then test it. Stan needed more complex cause and effect toys than pre-school toys but they needed... View Details

Lateral Anti-Tip Stabilisers

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The School OT reported: "An eleven year old boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), global developmental delay, and hypotonia, demonstrates some sensory processing issues, and finds it difficult to remain seated in class, which is impacting on his function and... View Details

Modified Bike

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Olivia wanted to cycle, but has low muscle tone, so can only pedal a few turns on her own. When younger, she had a toddler bike with a push handle, whereby the parents could control direction and speed; and with... View Details

Earswitch: assistive technology switch

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Description : Ear switch as an assistive communication and control device / gaming switch and HCI A USB otoscope camera detects voluntary movement of a middle ear muscle (tensor tympani), to control assistive technology software (Grid3), the Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard... View Details

Noise box trainer

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A teacher needed a device to help blind and partially sighted children to practice their ability to locate sounds. View Details

School Lunch Tray

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The young person with the use of only one hand & arm wished to participate in School lunches unaided and this meant being able to carry a fully loaded standard issue lunch tray. These trays have profiled ends that make... View Details

Mobility chair desk top

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Five year old who uses a wheelchair and about to start school needed a desk top for her work and lunch. Specialist mobility chair under warranty and the only OEM table obscured the dual controls and at over £700, unsuitable.... View Details

Car Wheel Changing Teaching Aid

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A school in Derby, which specialises in teaching students with learning difficulties and special needs, asked the Derby Remap panel to provide an unusual teaching aid. The students are much more comfortable learning about practical rather than academic subjects and... View Details

Four-sided activity stand

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A special needs school needed an activity wall similar to those found in almost every junior school playground. The complication was that most of the children at the school were in wheel chairs so they could not access the usual... View Details

Activity stand

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A special needs school required two mobile indoor stands onto which various items could be hung to provide visual and tactile stimulation to the children. Two simple A-frame gantries on castors were made. A similar outdoor stand has also been... View Details

Scooter board

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Scooter board Guard around casters to deter little fingers An autistic child needs a scooter board to aid sensory development of a size larger than commercially available ones. The board was fitted with a clear plastic cup, cut to a... View Details

OT exercise stand

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Stand in position   Underside A special needs school required a miniature “washing line” to enable students to practice pegging items on the line as an OT exercise. The solution consisted of a wooden base with two upright posts 400mm... View Details