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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Car Door Opener

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Due to severe systemic sclerosis in their hands, our client cannot drive and, so, uses taxis for a lot of transportation needs. The sclerosis results in a need for assistance to release the latch that allows the car door to... View Details

Wheelchair to pram or pushchair adaptation

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The client suffers acute pain caused by ACENS syndrome, which meant that she relied heavily on her partner to push her wheelchair for transportation. When she became pregnant she started to become concerned about how she would manage with a... View Details

Bicycle handlebar adaptation

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The client is a keen cyclist and would like to take part in the coast 2 coast cycle ride for charity. However, her left hand stops at the wrist making it difficult to hold onto the handlebars, especially when rising... View Details

Adaptations to a folding electric wheelchair

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The client contacted REMAP as they and their family wanted to go away on holiday, but were unable to fly with the client's usual wheelchair. The family had purchased a folding electric wheelchair, which met the airline's requirements but unfortunately... View Details

Attaching a Dog Trailer to a Mobility Scooter

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The client wrote, “I have dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa recessive (EB). It means my skin shears off or blisters at the slightest touch. I can’t manage fiddly things like catches etc. I was diagnosed at birth. Any damage to my skin... View Details

Lightweight Mounting Block for Disabled Rider

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The client rides with Riding for the Disabled and had problems getting onto her pony. She asked REMAP to make a bespoke mounting block, so she could mount her pony unaided. View Details

Car arm rest

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Our client struggled to drive any distance due to pain and discomfort in her shoulder. View Details

Wheelchair to car transfer aid

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The client needed a means of transferring between his car and wheelchair which were at different levels. A normal transfer board would not have been safe, especially as his driveway was not level. View Details

Narrowboat access lift

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Steve lived permanently on a narrowboat and needed a means of transferring between the deck and the cabin, a height of almost 1 metre, following amputation of a leg. He could not leave hospital without this being available. His Occupational... View Details

Mobility Scooter Ramp

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Jackie suffers from degenerative arthritis and is totally reliant on her mobility scooter for shopping and local socialising. Although she has a small ramp to her back door into the kitchen, it takes about half an hour to manoeuvre the... View Details

Pushchair safety brake

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To provide an automatic pushchair brake which is applied if the handlebars are released by accident. View Details

Boggy board for electric wheel chair

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Client with Limb Girdle muscular dystrophy could only walk short distance before pain in legs required a fitting to her wheel chair so that when her child who is being tested for the same condition got tired, the child could... 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

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

Wheelchair Armrest Bracket

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The plastic bracket which held the armrests in place on a manual wheelchair was not sufficiently robust for the job. The client's friend milled me a new one in aluminium for the right hand side. This worked well for years,... View Details

Car passenger protection

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Our client has severe learning disabilities and lives in a managed care home. Care workers regularly take our client into the community in her own vehicle, which is driven by one of the care workers with a second care worker... View Details

TRIKE

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The trike was built towards the end of 2016 for my friend Lewis who wanted to experience cycling but needed some help. Lewis is disabled and is only comfortable in his custon wheelchair so that meant that we needed something... View Details

Luggage carrier attachment for wheelchair

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The client required a means of attaching a foldable luggage trolley to the front of their wheel chair so that the chair and trolley can be pushed by one person; the device must be quickly connectable without the use of... View Details

Car seat safety screen

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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. It must be robust but able... View Details

Accessibility Handle for Alcatel 1066 Mobile Phone

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Our client had difficulty picking up and maintaining grip on their mobile phone. As a consequence the phone would often drop to the floor and they were unable to retrieve it from their electric wheelchair. View Details

Wheelchair Trolley

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The client’s children both use wheelchairs which meant that both parents had to be available to be able to take the two girls out at the same time, whether on day trips or trips to the local park or shop.... View Details

Wheelchair Turntable

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A man had a stroke and now lived with his daughter in a terraced house and used an attendant propelled wheelchair.  Access/egress was only possible through a side door through a very narrow passage..  There were also significant height differences... View Details

Car tailgate closer

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The client was unable to reach up to close the tailgate of her car. It was not possible to add a strap (as used on this solution) because the car is leased (the client was unhappy to drill fixing holes)... View Details

Buggy mounting steps

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Buggy with steps in position Transit wheels in use Several of the children at a special school arrive in  MacLaren buggies which are quite high and they are unable to climb in and out of them. Because of their height... View Details