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626. NON-SLIP BREAD BOARD ---DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with use of only one arm to butter bread. Five stainless steel rivets are inserted with the heads up into a standard wooden bread board. A non-slip pad is fixed to each corner on the underside of the board. DIMENSIONS: The rifvets are 5/16-inch long. TITLE: The Non-slip Bread Board. WEB SITE: Workshop Solutions at http://www.workshopsolutions.com/COMPLETE/breadboard.htm. REF: The originator, Gary Miller, can be contacted at miller@glen...[More Information]
     
     
627. NON-SLIP DISH ---- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY ---- PURPOSE: To enable individuals with upper extremity disabilities or tremors, spinal cord injury, or use of one hand to dine independently. Included in a chapter entitled "Kitchen & Meal Time," this article provides detailed instructions and illustrations for making a non-slip dish from a standard bowl. Apply a small amount of silicone bathroom tub and tile sealant around the bottom of a bowl and smooth with a moistened finger. Set the bowl, right-side up, on a piec...[More Information]
     
     
628. NON-SLIP KEYBOARD MAT ---"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable people with upper extremity disabilities to use a computer keyboard. For an individual with upper extremity disabilities, the force applied during typing may cause the keyboard to move about and slide around the desk. This makes it difficult to hit the keys and entering information takes longer than necessary. Cut a piece of rubberized, mesh-style shelf liner slightly larger than the keyboard, lay it on the desk top, and put the keyboard on the ma...[More Information]
     
     
629. NON-SLIP WRITING BOARD ---"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable individuals with upper extremity disabilities to position papers and write independently. To make this board, cut a 9 x 12 inch rectangle from the fiberboard or plastic, wood, plexiglass, or any non-bendable flat smooth surface material. Glue the rubberized shelf paper or rubber feet to one side of board, creating a non slip surface for the underside of the board. Attach a sturdy bag clip by gluing to the top side of board. VARIATIONS: Use a fib...[More Information]
     
     
630. NONSLIP SURFACE FOR TABLES AND COUNTERS --- DO IT YOURSELF --- PURPOSE: To provide a nonslip surface to keep items in place on a table or counter. With scissors, cut sheets of rubberized material in strips or to cover a work area on a table or counter. Attache the material to the table/counter using glue. MATERIALS: sheet of rubber or similar material; glue. TOOLS: Scissors. SKILLS REQUIRED: Cutting. TITLE: Doing It Yourself. AUTHOR: Wechsler, K. JOURNAL: Quest. WEB SITE: http://www.mdausa.org/publications/Quest/q111diy.cfm. REF: Vol....[More Information]
     
     
631. Nickle/Mercury Head Control Switch. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Mercury switch activates device when it is held upright and turns it off when tilted sideways or down. Can be used to encourage a child to hold head up in order to activate a tape recorder, toy, or light. Switch is contructed of glass mercury switch, small plastic pill bottle with snap lid, earphone with subminiature size plug, 2 small pieces of cardboard, tape, glue, and rosin core solder. SKILLS REQUIRED: Soldering. AUTHOR: Burkhart, L J TITLE: H...[More Information]
     
     
632. Night Call Switch. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Switch suspended over the bed within easy reach to enable a severely disabled person to summon assistance. Extension of a call switch made with a plastic towel holder and cord. Includes drawing. COMMENTS: For information contact: Dr Elmer Hoyer, Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas Rehabilitation Engineering Center, 2021 North Old Manor, Wichita, Kansas 67208. SKILLS REQUIRED: Electronics. Assembly. AUTHOR: Call, G; Hoyer, E TITLE: Problem ...[More Information]
     
     
633. Nine Volt Toy Adapter. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Adapter for use with toys or other devices requiring a 9 volt battery. Adapter is constructed using two volt battery snaps and a subminiature jack. To use adapter, snap battery into one pair of snaps and attach the other side into the toy. Turn the on/off switch on the toy to the on position. Plug any switch into the jack. Switch should activate the toy. SKILLS REQUIRED: Soldering. AUTHOR: Burkhart, L J TITLE: More Homemade Battery Devices for Seve...[More Information]
     
     
634. Non-Slip Weight to Secure Drafting Materials. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Non-slip weight to hold angles, templates and other tools for a drafter with use of one arm only. Weight made of 2 pieces of 3 inch angle iron welded together to make a square, with a piece of foam rubber glued to the bottom. COMMENTS: Developed by the Work Preparation Center, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, Downey, California. SKILLS REQUIRED: Welding. AUTHOR: Gugerty, J J; Tindall, L W TITLE: Tools, Equipment and Machinery Adapted for the Vocational ...[More Information]
     
     
635. Non-skid Device for Crutches. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Device prevents crutch user from slipping on wet or icy surfaces. Made of retractable, carbide- tipped point which is attached to a stainless steel sleeve. This device is designed for the Canadian cane but can be modified to fit other types of canes and crutches. Sleeve is attached to crutch with screws. COMMENTS: White glue placed on the screw threads prevent screws from loosening. SKILLS REQUIRED: Metalworking. TITLE: Non-skid Device for Crutches...[More Information]
     
     
636. Noughts and Crosses. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Game to help in simple problem solving and hand-eye coordination. A version of Tic-Tac-Toe. Plywood board 12 inches square marked into 9 squares with 3/8 inch diameter by 1 inch dowels glued in the center of each square; and 12 wood pieces, 2 by 2 inches, half cut into circles (noughts, or "O"s) and half into squares or cross shapes (crosses, or "X"s) with holes drilled through them so they can be placed over the dowels. Pieces can be painted brigh...[More Information]
     
     
637. Number Bus. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Dice game to help children develop concepts of numbers. Describes construction of a game which includes a wood "bus", twenty peg "men" and four dice. The bus is basically a box 9 by 7 by 3 1/2 inches deep; the bottom is made two boards deep with 20 holes (7/8 inch) drilled in the top one as "seats." Twenty pieces of 3/4 inch dowel cut 3 inches long, half painted one color, half another, serve as "men". The dice are 1 1/4 inch cubes with dots rangin...[More Information]
     
     
638. Numbered Tiles. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Wood tiles with numbers and signs to encourage children to do simple arithmetic. Hardboard tiles 6 inches square with numbers 1-9 and signs for add, subtract, multiply and divide painted on them. As the child gets better at arithmetic more tiles can be added. Includes drawing. SKILLS REQUIRED: Woodworking. AUTHOR: Caston, D TITLE: Easy to Make Toys for Your Handicapped Child REF: London, England: Souvenir Press: p 122-123. Also available from Prent...[More Information]
     
     
639. Numbered Top. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Ten sided top with numbers; can be played by several people with the numbers added for scores. Plywood disk 6 inches in diameter marked into ten equal wedges and cut to make a ten sided figure with the segments numbered 1 to 10. A dowel, 3/8 inch by 5 inches, is glued into a hole drilled through the middle of the disk. Includes drawings. SKILLS REQUIRED: Woodworking. AUTHOR: Caston, D TITLE: Easy to Make Toys for Your Handicapped Child REF: London,...[More Information]
     
     
640. O RING INSTALLATION TOOL. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Tool facilitates the installation of rubber O-ring seals externally on a shaft. Simple clear diagram depicts proportions to use when shaping a wooden dowel into tool. SKILLS REQUIRED: Woodworking. AUTHOR: Gugerty, J.; Tindall, L. TITLE: Tools, Equipment & Machinery Adapted for the Vocational Education & Employment of Handicapped People. REF: Book: Vocational Studies Dept., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI: pp 70-71. NARIC CALL NUMBER: R2479. 19...[More Information]
     
     
641. OBJECT CALENDAR --- “DO IT YOURSELF” ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To create an object calendar or symbol shelf that can be used in developing and expanding communication with children with intellectual and/or communication disabilities. First, determine what activities the child enjoys, or if using the object calendar for steps of an activity such as grooming, determine the steps within the specific activity. Second, plan a sequence including several of these activities or steps. Third, select obvious objects or parts of...[More Information]
     
     
642. OBJECT DISPLAY SWITCH ---"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable individuals who cannot successfully comprehend and/or use augmentative displays for communication to communicate. With the use of this switch display, a user receives auditory reinforcement, while alerting another person to the attempt to communicate. The adaptation is an object display box with a switch under its cover. The box mounts to a wall with industrial Velcro. The device is then connected to a Switch Module. The Switch Module is a self-c...[More Information]
     
     
643. ONE HANDED ROLLING PIN. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Allows use of rolling pin with one hand. Do it yourself alternative to commercially available product. Constructed from regular rolling pin by removing handles and attaching a doweled handle. Also suggests inserting a paint roller handle into a large dowel; the dowel would then act as the rolling pin surface, or using a pizza roller as a one handed rolling pin. Photographs, graphics. SKILLS REQUIRED:Woodworking. AUTHOR: Strebel, M. TITLE: Adaptatio...[More Information]
     
     
644. ONE-HANDED CUTTING BOARD ---- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY ---- PURPOSE: To enable individuals with use of only one hand to cut and chop during food preparation. This illustrated article, included in a chapter entitled "Kitchen & Meal Time," this article provides detailed instructions and illustrations for making this simple device. DIMENSIONS: 10 x 14 x 0.75 inches. MATERIALS: Small cutting board with straight edges or a piece of maple or other hardwood in similar dimensions; two stainless steel nails, two stainless steel scr...[More Information]
     
     
645. ONE-STEP COMMUNICATION DEVICE ---DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To assist children with communication disanilities in participating in classromm activities. Talking picture frames were purchased at a local retailer and fitted with pictures appropriate to the activity. The frame is portable and large enough to store a set of pictures. MATERIALS: Recordable talking picture frames and corresponding pictures to fit the frame. AUTHOR: Chambers, M. TITLE: Assistive Technology Ideas that Work. WEB SITE: cenmi.org/mits/downloads...[More Information]
     
     
646. ONE-TOUCH DIALING CELL PHONE -------- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --------- PURPOSE: To create a do-it-yourself one-touch dialing cell phone to be used by service dogs for individuals with disabilities. First step is to load a mobile phone number into the phone, set the ringer to silent, turn off one-touch answering, and turn on one-touch dialing or speed dial. Set the users mobile phone number into all the one-touch or speed dial so that any one of the number pads can be connected to the modified peg/cloths pin. Next open the cel...[More Information]
     
     
647. OUTSIDE EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Portable emergency call system which can be used within a defined geographic area. Commercially available garage door opener is used. Signals are received at several locations in the neighborhood, and used to determine general location of signaller. Two inch square actuation pads added on the sending units make it possible for the unit to be actuated with gross movement. SKILLS REQUIRED: Assembly. AUTHOR: Gugerty, J.; Tindall, L. TITLE: Tools, Equi...[More Information]
     
     
648. OVEN MITT. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Oven mitt with the thumb in a natural position for the hand. Draw mitt pattern to scale from using the pattern drawing as a guide. Use heavy fabric for outer layer and terry cloth for padding inner layer. Stitch together and bind edges with bias tape. Includes picture and drawing of pattern. SKILLS REQUIRED: sewing. AUTHOR: Kernaleguen, A. TITLE: Clothing Designs for the Handicapped. REF: Book: University of Alberta Press, Alberta: p 240. 1978....[More Information]
     
     
649. Objects in Container Switch. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Switch which will turn on a tape player, battery toy or light when the child drops something into a container. Switch made from a metal cookie or candy tin a 3/4 inch copper U-bracket, 4 3/8 inch, 6-32 bolts with nuts, corregated cardboard and foam rubber. Provides instructions, diagrams and photograph. Suggests uses. SKILLS REQUIRED: Electronics. Soldering. Assembly. AUTHOR: Burkhart, L J TITLE: More Homemade Battery Devices for Severely Handicapp...[More Information]
     
     
650. One-Hand Box Folding Fixture. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Fixture to enable a person with only one hand to fold boxes at a rate comparable to that of a worker with two hands. Describes and illustrates a frame to hold pre- creased material in place and act as a guide for folding the material into a box, using one hand. Includes diagrams. COMMENTS: For more information contact The Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas, Rehabilitation Engineering Center, 2021 North Old Manor, Wichita, Kansas 67208. Re...[More Information]
     
     

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