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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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

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

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

Vibration therapy for child

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A paediatric physiotherapist had been working, unsuccessfully, to improve the walking posture of a child with a rare condition. The child had become a toe walker and, despite focussed physiotherapy and targeted botox treatments, the toe walking remained.  Her previous... View Details

Table-top frame for visual stimuli

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The client has very limited movement and enjoys looking at different visual stimuli. He requires a frame from which visual stimuli can be suspended. View Details

Children’s Indoor Sensory Swing

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My autistic son would often seek out sensory input.He would want to rock & swing but would not want to go outside.My son would not want to wear shoes, socks coats, sunscreen or sometimes  any clothes but  would want to... View Details

Squeeze machine

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This is the third Squeeze machine Essex North has made. They are all similar being two air mattresses constrained so that a person lying between them will be squeezed once they are inflated to provide a calming effect on the... View Details

Sacrificial chewing aid

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The client has a compulsion to chew her clothing and needs a replacement sacrificial chew aid. Two fabric slings were modified with quick release snap connectors like the type that are used on ID badge neck straps. The device can... View Details

Vibration seat

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The clients have hearing, learning and some severe agitation problems. A sound vibration seat was constructed. This contains an amplifier and loudspeaker that can be fed from a sound source such as a CD player. When operating, low frequency sounds... View Details

Motorised hammock

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This six-year old is brain damaged, partially sighted and deaf. Her parents wanted a motorised hammock which could give a sense of movement and her carers wanted some relief from rocking her in her sprung cradle. The swing has a... View Details

Colour changing light

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Matthew has severe cerebral palsy and finds lights of changing colours very soothing. However the conventional colour-changing oil plate light sources are very hot and cannot be safely left on unattended. A 40mm length of flat plastic trunking had a... View Details

Child’s rocking device

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An autistic child needed to improve awareness and concentration. The rocking device, suggested by the child’s occupational therapist, was made large enough to allow for the child’s growth. It is made from shaped MDF side panels with wood cross-pieces covered... View Details