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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Wheelchair to rocking chair adaptation

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Talia has complex needs which are in part a result of scoliosis and spinal surgery. Her parents thought that it would be fantastic for her to 'experience some park life fun' by being able to adapt her wheelchair into a... View Details

Scooter Conversion to 3 Wheels

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This was a project for a 13-year-old girl, named Lillybet to convert a 2 wheeled scooter into a 3 wheeled one.  Lillybet has the intellectual capacity of a much younger child (around 3 years of age), and very poor balance... View Details

Activity board for an adult

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We were asked if we could make a heavy duty activity board for an adult who was living in a care home. He is quite strong but the care team were anxious to keep him occupied. View Details

Footplate Shields for Activity Chair

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The client tried using a Rifton Activity Chair, but he kept getting his foot trapped underneath the wheels. The company makes a footplate box, but it wasn't suitable as it would have prevented the client from standing and transferring on... View Details

Archery bow stand for wheechair and standing users

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Our clients required an archery bow stand which would suit standing and sitting children with learning difficulties, enabling them to compete in the sport. View Details

Ethan’s Independent Activity Board

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Ethan suffered a brain injury at birth causing four limb dystonic cerebral palsy. He is a full-time wheelchair user and has significant difficulties with motor control of his upper limbs. As a result, he does not have access to independent... View Details

Seahorse chair arm support

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To provide additional lateral support to the client's arm and shoulder when using his Seahorse toiletting chair as there was nothing commercially suitable to fit this chair. No major changes to the chair structure of the chair was advised. 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

Tilting bed

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The client requires her daughter's profiling bed to be kept flat when the head end is raised while she is continuously enterally fed over a 12 hour period. Keeping her head higher than her feet will enable her to be... View Details

Activity Boards

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                        We recently received a request to create two activity boards: one for use in a school and another for a portable board to help stroke victims rehabilitate (the... View Details

Changing table

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A client with learning difficulties needs a table to support him in his home while his carers help him get dressed and bathed. Because of the restricted space available, the usual floor-mounted table would not work. View Details

Games console for people with disabilities

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Carers supporting people with dementia wanted a game that could occupy and stimulate them whilst also offering a useful way of assessing an individuals health status. View Details

Fidget/activity boards

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Client has advanced dementia and requires something to keep his fidgety hands occupied. View Details

Child’s crawling track

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The client wishes to develop her daughter's limited physical abilities by encouraging her to crawl. 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

Step for dining chair

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The client requires a step to encourage correct posture when sitting in a dining chair, which will not move out of place but can be removed when required. View Details

Personal location tracker

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A 16 year old with Down Syndrome and autism is unsafe out and about on his own and needs 24 hour supervision. He has a tendency to suddenly decide he needs to go out of the house on his own.... View Details

Wheelchair Rocking Table

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The concept called for a table mounted on inclined links from a floor-mounted base that was large enough and strong enough to accommodate a child in a wheelchair.  Movement by a child in the wheelchair would cause the table to... 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

Bed side rails

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A client with Down's Syndrome and dementia had standard ¾ length bed rails attached to his bed.  He has recently started getting up in the night which involves him in scooting down the bed and leaving through the narrow gap... View Details

Breezi chair modification

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To make a foldable footrest for an existing chair for a client with special needs. 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

Bicycle for boy with Downs Syndrome

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Theo is a 9 year old boy with limited capacity to control his movements and a lack of awareness of danger.  He wanted to ride a bicycle like other children.  The challenge was to modify a bicycle of suitable size... View Details

Travel Toilet Seat

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The Occupational Therapist asked for "Some form of adapted seat that fits over a normal toilet, with back support, and harness to provide stability whilst seated. It needs to be light, & able to fold away into a carrying bag."... View Details