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576. MINI HOLDER. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Holder for supporting horn or other wind instruments. An L shaped metal post extends up from an 8 inch square wooden base. A small rubber ball is attached to the short end of the L, parallel to the base. The ball is used to prevent instruments from falling off. The holder acts more as a rest to support the instrument than actually holding it in place. SKILLS REQUIRED: Assembly. Woodworking. AUTHOR:Clark, C. and Chadwick, D. TITLE: Clinically Adapte...[More Information]
     
     
577. MINNESOTA RAMP PROJECT ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: The Minnesota Ramp Project is designed to provide consumers with disabilities with the tools necessary to maintain their independence by having a wooden modular ramp or long tread, low rise stairs constructed for their homes using volunteer labor under the supervision of a professional. The project has produced a complete manual entitled "How to Build Ramps for Home Access" which discusses the various requirements and considerations for constructin...[More Information]
     
     
578. MOBILE CART --- DO IT YOURSELF --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with low vision and cerebral palsy to independently carry a lunch tray in a school lunch room. The cart was constructed of PVC pipe and featured a top shelf with a rim for carrying the tray. The cart was equipped with small rubber wheels for mobility and a push bar. Plastic cabinet handles were added to the front and sides of the top shelf to enable the user to lift the cart over bumps and door sills. A second shelf below the tray shelf ac...[More Information]
     
     
579. MOBILITY GRAB BAG --- DO IT YOURSELF --- PURPOSE: To provide a means of continuing orientation and mobility training when weather is inclement. This game has students who are not rote route travelers use their auditory, olfactory, and tactile senses to identify various areas to which they travel. It also improves spatial orientation by requiring students to evaluate route options and determine which is the most efficient means of reaching the objective. On index cards, write the names of destinations familiar to...[More Information]
     
     
580. MOBILITY JEOPARDY --- DO IT YOURSELF --- PURPOSE: To provide a means of continuing orientation and mobility training when weather is inclement. Similar to the television show "Jeopardy," this game uses a board with four to six categories in various versions to match the mobility skills of the students. For example, a student using a powered wheelchair may have a board with the following categories: Right-of-Way, Which Way Now?, Ask a Question, and Plan a Route. Each category consists of six questions that relate...[More Information]
     
     
581. MODIFICATION FOR MOUTHSTICK COMPUTING --- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: Miniature seesaw with ball bearing weight meant to hold down the shift key of a computer keyboard which lacks a caps lock key. Allows a quadriplegic using a mouthstick to type in upper and lower case without depressing two keys at once. Describes a miniature seesaw made of two tongue depressors, wooden matches, a nail, and a marble or ball bearing as a weight. The seesaw is placed so that when one end is tapped the weight rolls down and depresses the shift k...[More Information]
     
     
582. MODIFICATION OF A HAND SPLINT TO PERMIT PLAYING OF THE GUITAR ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Hand splint modification allows patient with injured finger to continue playing the guitar. Use of standard stack splint to treat distal interphalangeal joint of finger interfered with patient's ability to play the guitar. Trimming end allows use of finger tip on guitar strings and provides sensory feedback. Photographs included. SKILLS REQUIRED: Plastics. AUTHOR: Lawton, M B; Asato, V TITLE: Modification of a Hand Splint to Permit Playing of the G...[More Information]
     
     
583. MODIFICATIONS TO JORDY --- DO IT YOURSELF --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with low vision to use a Jordy at a more comfortable angle. The Jordy is a wearable magnification device from Enhanced Vision (see entry). The system includes a camera mounted near the forehead, which required the user to bend his/her neck or hold reading material in front of his/her face.To allow for a more comfortable reading angle, a lens was removed from a pair of prism glasses and mounted in a hole cut in a small sheet of aluminum. A w...[More Information]
     
     
584. MODIFIED AIR CHISEL. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Workplace modification which provides the function of hammering to an individual with limited upper extremity function. Modification of commercially available compressor and air chisel. Air chisel is suspended above work station by a commercially available balancer. Trigger valve of the chisel is removed, and an electric solenoid valve is attached to the output of the compressor. The solenoid valve is operated by a foot-actuated ribbon switch. Then...[More Information]
     
     
585. MODIFIED COAT. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Modified coat for person sitting in wheelchair. Coats can be modified by having the back cut out up to the arms. The amount of the sides of the coat cut away varies by the amount of cloth needed to tuck in at the sides. All cut seams are then refinished. Can be done with coats, jackets, rain slickers. SKILLS REQUIRED: Sewing. AUTHOR: Settle, Ruth TITLE: Clothing Alterations (Letters to the Editor) REF: Journal article: Exceptional Parent, October 1...[More Information]
     
     
586. MODIFIED FOOT PEDAL. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Modification reduces the amount of travel needed to activate a foot pedal. A microswitch activated electric solenoid is attached to the chair operated by foot pedal, so it pulls on the chair in the same way as the pedal. Used to control the foot pedals on several machines in a garment manufacturing factory. SKILLS REQUIRED: Electrical. AUTHOR: Gugerty, J.; Tindall, L. TITLE: Tools, Equipment & Machinery Adapted for the Vocational Education & Employ...[More Information]
     
     
587. MODIFIED JOGGING STROLLER ---DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To adapt a standard jogging stroller to accommodate a growing child with cerebral palsy. An existing stroller was modified by installing a new higher seat cushion higher in the existing fabric seat. The cushion was fabricated, taped, and sewn using a piece of nylon plate for rigidity on the bottom with foam and canvas to cover. This seat assembly was supported by canvas Velcroed to the sides of the existing seat. This allows the seat to be adjusted. A brick c...[More Information]
     
     
588. MODIFIED PROSTHETIC FOOT FOR PILOTS ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Modification of a SACH prosthetic foot to allow a pilot with a lower limb amputation to operate the rudder pedal of an airplane without the foot hitting the brake pedal. Describes and pictures a modification to the SACH foot ( intended to be used with the "Hydra-Cadence" above-knee prosthesis) which allows the forefoot to be easily removed for flying and reattached for walking. Foot designed and built by the Navy Prosthetic Research Laboratory, Nav...[More Information]
     
     
589. MODIFIED SHOWER CHAIR --- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To support the head of a boy with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy whose neck muscles are too weak to support his head in a shower chair. A "standard" shower chair was modified by adding a head support made from plastic pipe and lawn chair webbing. The pipe was fitted into an elongated inverted U shape (approximately 6 inches wide and height as needed) and bolted to the back of the shower seat. A piece of lawn chair webbing was looped across the sides of the ...[More Information]
     
     
590. MODIFIED WALKER FOR BLIND PATIENTS ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Aid to assist blind walker users in orienting themselves without removing their hands from the walker. A screen spring 16 1/4 inches long and 1/2 inch diameter is taped to each side of the walker with about 10 inches extending out perpendicular to the walker handgrips. As user walks the very tip of the springs drags lightly along a wall and the person receives auditory and vibratory cues as to the location of walls and doorways. Includes photograph...[More Information]
     
     
591. MODIFIED WALKER. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Standard walker conversion to a rolling platform walker which allows forearm weight bearing to assist with ambulation. To convert a standard walker to a rolling platform walker, affix a 22 by 8 by 1/2 inch plywood board across the walker handgrips with strapping and metal screws. the board provides a stable platform on which to pull up to standing and perform forearm weight bearing for ambulation. Place soft padding over the plywood to prevent spli...[More Information]
     
     
592. MODIFIED WORK CHAIR FOR PARTS FABRICATOR --- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY ---- PURPOSE: To enable individuals with neurological, mobility or balance disabilities to work at a parts fabrication workbench that could not be modified. For individuals with balance and neurological disabilities, standing or sitting on high stools to perform production work is often not an option. To create this adaptation, a commercially available industrial work chair was purchased off-the-shelf and modified. The chair had sufficient height adjustment , but to adju...[More Information]
     
     
593. MODIFYING A CLOTHES CLOSET. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Modifying a closet to make it accessible for someone in a wheelchair. Move the closet rod to about 3 1/2 feet above the floor, and install a shelf at 48 inches and no more than 16 inches deep. Includes drawing. SKILLS REQUIRED: Simply woodworking. TITLE: Home Improvement and Repair: Home Security REF: Book: Time Life Books, Alexandria, VA, p 130-131. PAGES (including cover):1 1979....[More Information]
     
     
594. MOLDED BUILT-UP HANDLES ---"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable people with grasping disabilities to hold and use a variety of utensils and tools. Sculpey is a soft, pliable polymer clay that works and feels like ceramic clay, but does not dry out when exposed to air. Users can shape it into any form and then bake it in a standard home oven or a toaster oven at 275 degrees Fahrenheit (130 degrees Celcius) for 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the piece. Available in forty colors, once it cools, it ...[More Information]
     
     
595. MONITOR STAND --- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY ---- PURPOSE: To enable individuals with spinal cord injury or severe physical disabilities to work on a computer in a reclined position. The monitor must be placed above the user with the face angled downward. To accomplish this, a commercially available monitor support arm was modified. The monitor mounting plate was removed and replaced with a plywood plate attached to the pivoting sub-base with a pair of hinges. Threaded rod, rod couplings, and steel flat stock were ...[More Information]
     
     
596. MONKEY'S UNCLE READING GAME -----"DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY" ----- PURPOSE: To assist individuals with low vision or blindness in learning to read Braille. A version of "Old Maid," the cards, created on index cards, have animals' names written on them in Braille and print. One card has a fuzzy-textured red or other brigh color circle on it and is the "Monkey's Uncle." All of the cards are dealt face down among at least three players. Players remove and set aside any pairs in their hands. The player to the left of the dealer dra...[More Information]
     
     
597. MOON ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Developmental toy intended to lead to discussion of the moon and its different shapes. Plywood base 2 1/2 inches square with 1/4 inch diameter by 4 inch dowel making a pillar in the center of it; and five moon shapes, from full to new, cut from 2 inch circles of plywood, with holes so they can be stacked on the pillar. Includes drawings. SKILLS REQUIRED: Woodworking. AUTHOR: Caston, D TITLE: Easy to Make Toys for Your Handicapped Child REF: London,...[More Information]
     
     
598. MORSE CODE TYPING AID. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Morse code entry provides a faster method of typing for some persons with disabilities. Morse code to driver code converter utilizes three switches, which can be any type of switch an individual can operate. Two switches are used for dots and dashes and one switch is an end of character switch. Closure of the switches causes the clock generator to generate a standard clock pulse. audio feedback is provides by a tone generator. Speed can be adjusted...[More Information]
     
     
599. MOUNTING RAMP PLANS ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Plans to enable persons with basic carpentry skills to build a ramp to enable individuals with mobility disabilities to mount a horse. The plans include a materials list and step-by-step instructions for building a stationary mounting ramp....[More Information]
     
     
600. MOUTHSTICK HOLDER ---DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with multiple sclerosis to have the mouth piece of the mouthstick near her mouth for ready access. The holder had to be adjustable, yet not impede access into or out of the user's wheelchair. A swivel joint from a "third hand" (two alligator clips and a magnifying lens mounted on a swivel base for use in soldering and the like) was welded to a thin-walled piece of pipe that matched the outside diameter of wheelchair rail. The thin-wall...[More Information]
     
     

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