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 foot plates

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The limited adjustment of the client's wheelchair footsupports meant that his feet were not supported comfortably. View Details

Opening a kitchen window

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The kitchen window handle has a button off-set from the handle. It must be depressed to engage the handle which otherwise remains locked. Commercially available opening poles do not take this into account. Several solutions have been posted on MakeAbility... View Details

Cabin bed steps

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A child struggled to climb the steep steps into his cabin bed. View Details

Head-mounted binoculars

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Following an aneurysm some years previously, the client has near-total paralysis of her right hand. She is a keen member of a bird-watching group, but had been finding it impossible to hold her binoculars steady with her left hand only.... 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

Interfacing a shower toilet with a commode chair

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The client wishes to use her toilet (with integral wash and dry function) without transferring from her wheeled commode, but the wash water escapes through the gap between toilet bowl and the underside of the commode (onto the bathroom floor),... View Details

Foot Plate to attach to wheelchair on bicycle

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The adjustable fibreglass footrest of a "The Duet" Tandem Wheelchair bicycle at Pedal Power Finsbury Park had snapped in half, as shown in the insta story pictured below, and required reinforcing for the user's comfort and safety. The plate was... View Details

Special folding chair

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At the initial visit, no satisfactory commercial chair seemed to be available; it was decided to attempt to modify one of the chairs already tried by the client and found to be satisfactory except for the lack of the folding... View Details

Giant Rummikub Board

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When building the Giant Scrabble Board for Paul's Place we only used half of the plywood and Zintec that we bought, so why not build a second game. The members were keen on Rummikub, a game played on a plain... View Details

Giant Scrabble Board

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The initial brief was very brief: Paul's Place, a day in the Bristol area required a giant Scrabble board that all of it's members could use. It had to be vertical an the tiles magnetic. They could not find one... View Details

Threshold ramp for uPVC door

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A common problem when providing wheelchair access to a uPVC door is getting over the often quite high threshold. The usual solution of a sheet aluminium bridge has to be removed to allow the door to close which is hard... View Details

iPad stand for AI text to speech app.

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The challenge was to find the best positions for the iPad and the paper. We experimented and found that an A4 sheet needed to be 13 inches away from the iPad camera and also, the camera is in a corner... View Details

Workshop stool back support

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The client had multiple injuries to his back and pelvis following a fall. After three years of recuperating he was planning to return to work as an auto locksmith that required him to sit for periods of time at the... View Details

Audio Guitar Tuner

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The invitation to do this came with a link to an existing project on the "Instructables" website: https://www.instructables.com/id/Guitar-Tuner-for-the-Blind-using-an-Arduino/ - instructions to build There was also a video showing it in operation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1la-GvCOSQ I sent the video link to the client... View Details

Nurse call button

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Hospital patients with limited mobility and/or dexterity can find operating the standard "nurse call" button difficult. We were asked to look at the possibility of creating something to make it simpler to operate the button. The request coming from a... View Details

Bow stand for one handed archery project

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The essential feature of the stand is that it should be secure enough to withstand the bowstring pull without too much deflection. This was achieved with long side support braces down to a large plywood base board which the user... View Details

Night Time Alert

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A solution was required for use by a mobility impaired client who requires assistance through the night, and therefore needs to frequently wake up their deaf spouse in the night for assistance; the Client also had difficulty speaking.  The previous... View Details

Light Switch Adaptation

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The Client had curvature of the spine which meant that they could not operate the light switches in the home without assistance.  The client had the following requirements: A means of operating standard light switches in the living room, bedroom... View Details

Chair Headrest

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The gentleman has cerebral palsy and uses the shower chair (shown below) to move around his house due to its smaller size in comparison to his wheelchair. The chair doesn’t have a head rest and the manufacturers are unable to... 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

Head Probe

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It’s easy to take activities like reading for granted but although the client could use his head movement for certain tasks like operating the TV remote, other activities weren’t possible. The challenge was to expand the range of items he... View Details

Eye Drop Dispenser

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Suffering from severe arthritis the client was unable to operate the push button type eye drop bottle herself. This limited her independence as well as her husbands since the frequency of the eye drops (every 15 minutes) meant he could... View Details

Tray rollator arm supports

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Margaret is blind and has a “combination trolley walker” on which she keeps the things she needs on a daily basis to hand, but it had conventional rollator handles that didn’t provide the level of support and stability she needed... View Details

Replacements for amputated hands

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The loss of both hands meant that the lady had no hand function and was totally reliant on others to feed, write and many other things.  Whilst there are many prosthetic hands under development, there are not immediately available on... View Details