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76. BOWLING SUPPORT --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide an individual with balance disabilities support while bowling. This support has a plywood base to which are bolted two upright lengths of steel water pipe.Two bends connect at the top to create an inverted U, which serves as a handgrip. The support is designed to be light enough to be moved as needed. DIMENSIONS: The base is 100 x 50 centimeters and the handgrip is 86 centimeters high. The upright pipes are 33.7 millimeters in diameter. TITLE: Bowlin...[More Information]
    
    
77. BUNK BED FEEDER MOUNT -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a custom adapted feeder mount for a Kangaroo Pump feeder to a bunk bed for a child with Edwards Syndrome. There was no room for the feeder to be placed at the head of the bed; therefore, it was suggested that the child’s sleeping position be reversed. Despite the change in sleeping position the feeder could not be fixed directly onto the rails as they were too close together. A new bracket was added which holds the feeder just out from ...[More Information]
    
    
78. BUNK BED LADDER MODIFICATION -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a customized bunk bed ladder for a child with Edwards Syndrome. To protect the child from injury the bottom three rungs of the bunk bed ladder needed to be screened off by putting mesh on the inside. However, this would make the child’s sister unable to use the ladder rungs safely to climb into the top bunk. A new rung unit was created which completely covers the bottom three existing rungs. The new rung unit has mesh fabric on the insi...[More Information]
    
    
79. BUNK BED RAILS -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create customized bunk bed rails for a child with Edwards Syndrome. A side rail for the bunk was created using a steel tube frame padded with foam and covered in strong white mesh fabric and held in place by canoe clips. The rail is mounted on two brackets which fit over the frame of the bunk base, and can be easily lifted in and out of the bed. This adaptation is strong enough to avoid damage to the frame and safe for the child should she ban...[More Information]
    
    
80. CADDY FOR SEWING AND KNITTING -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a customized free-standing caddy for sewing and knitting supplies for elderly individuals with heart problems and osteoarthritis. This individual had previously used a fabric storage bag fitted onto her favorite chair for her supplies. Her mobility needs changed and she obtained a new recliner-type chair and the bag no longer worked with this chair. A free-standing caddy was suggested to solve this problem. A wooden caddy with two post...[More Information]
    
    
81. CAMERA HOLDER --- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with limited or no use of the hands to use a camera. This holder is made from Lexan plastic that is heated and bent to fit snugly over the user's hand. A Velcro strap (male) with a ring attached pulls around to a Velcro (female) pad to hold the camera firmly in place. The holder is screwed into the threaded hole on the camera used to mount on a tripod. A thin rubber rubber plate helps to anchor the holder to the camera or it can be mo...[More Information]
    
    
82. CAMERA HOLDER --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a means for an individual with quadriplegia to hold and operate a digital camera. Made of steel, this mount is equipped with two foam-covered handles, one above the other. The user places the top handle in his/her palm and the bottom handle holds the hand in position, supports the back of the wrist, and can be rested on a stable surface as needed. The handles are attached to a frame that screws into the tripod mount on the bottom of the digital camer...[More Information]
    
    
83. CAMERA HOLDER 2 --- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with limited of the hands or of only one hand to use a camera. This device consists of a a clipless bicycle pedal fitted to a frame that loops over the user's shoulders. Two cleats are fitted to a bracket on the camera to enable the photographer to switch from portrait to landscape orientation, and the pedal clamps are adjustable for strength to accommodate a heavy or a light camera. The pedal can be tilted up and down to adjust the c...[More Information]
    
    
84. CANE HANDLE --- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To provide a better grip for a cane user. A standard aluminum cane with a crook handle has a small diameter slippery plastic handle. To provide a wider, more secure grip, the handle was wrapped with standard tennis racquet handle tape. TITLE: The Cane Handle. WEB SITE: Workshop Solutions at http://www.workshopsolutions.com/COMPLETE/handke1.htm. REF: The originator, Benjamin Lewit, can be contacted at lewit@seas.gwu.edu....[More Information]
    
    
85. CANE HOLDER FOR WALKING FRAMES -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a custom adapted walker modification that allows an individual with balance, mobility and walking disabilities to easily carry and store a walking stick or cane to their walker. An elderly gentleman uses his walker with seat for extra support and the chair portion when he needs to rest. When shopping in some of the more crowded shops at the mall, the gentleman realized that being able to park his walker outside the store and use his can...[More Information]
    
    
86. CANE TIP FOR SAND --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual who has had a stroke to walk in on the beach with a cane. The user found walking on the beach difficult because the cane tip sank into the sand. The solution was to use a cane tip of the type used by lawn bowlers. This tip consists of a standard rubber cane tip fixed to a wide circle of plastic, enabling the tip to stay on top of the sand. TITLE: Beach Advice. JOURNAL: TAD Journal. REF: Volume 25, Number 4, Summer 2005. PAGES: 7. Number ...[More Information]
    
    
87. CAREGIVER CALL SIGNAL --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a means for an individual with severe phyical disabilities to summon a caregiver. This device was created using a doorbell chime with a remote control. The chime unit is carried by the caregiver and the remote is used by the individual summoning assistance. Because the individual did not have enough finger strength to press the button on the remote, a socket with a long cord was attached to the remote and connected to a large, soft button that was ac...[More Information]
    
    
88. CARRIERS FOR CRUTCHES AND TRIPOD -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To provide a custom adapted crutches and tripod carriers for an adult with spastic paraplegia and oral dyspraxia. The crutch holder accessory available from the wheelchair manufacturer was too small for the tripod and would be difficult to import from the United States. The custom adapted design began by taking an aluminum base panel and bolting it to the anti-tip legs on the back of the chair. To make the holders for the crutches and the tripod,...[More Information]
    
    
89. CARRYING AIDS FOR WHEELCHAIR --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with quadriplegia to keep essential items at hand while in his wheelchair. Three carrying aids were made and attached the left arm of the wheelchair. The first was a carrying pouch for a cell phone. Made of metal, the pouch is lined with vinyl to protect the phone from damage. The second was a small, flat metal tray to carry the remote control for operating the front door. Also added to the arm was a pocket made of vinyl to carry the had...[More Information]
    
    
90. CD ROM LOADING TOOL --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with cerebral palsy to load and unload a CD-ROM disc from a computer. A suction cup was fixed to one end of a section of plastic tubing. Using the tube as a handle, the user presses the suction cup onto the CD while it is still in its case. Lifts the disk from the case, and guides it into the CD-ROM drive of the computer. Once the disk is in the drive, the user gently presses down on the CD while pulling up on the tube handle to remove ...[More Information]
    
    
91. CELL PHONE AND MINI KEYBOARD EXTENSION HOLDER --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with use of only one arm to dial a cell phone and type on its mini keyboard extension. A holder in the shape of the phone and its extension was cut out of plywood, with an additional strip of wood at the sides and bottom to hold the phone in place. A strap with a pull-tight Velcro fastener was attached to the holder. The strap wraps around the user's arm and when the arm rests on a table or other surface, the phone and keyboard are stead...[More Information]
    
    
92. CHAILLEY CART -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a customized mobility cart for children with mobility disabilities such as spina bifida and hydrocephalus. This child is paralyzed from the waist down, and the only way she could move independently was to drag herself on her stomach across the ground. The Chailley Cart is designed as a mobility device for young children who cannot walk but have good upper body strength. The cart is made primarily of plywood. It has a winged back support...[More Information]
    
    
93. CHAIR BASE PLATE -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a custom adapted chair base plate for a child with multiple disabilities. The child is unable to sit on a chair without support and when she is at school,. she is either in her wheelchair or in a wood chair with a lap strap. Although the lap strap holds the child securely, the child can still rock her chair back and forth with a significant risk of toppling over. The child’s occupational therapist recommended that a base plate be fitted...[More Information]
    
    
94. CHAIR BRAKE --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with a motor neuron disability to transfer safely to and from a wheeled office chair with the aid of a caregiver. The office chair has a swivel seat and a standard five-leg star base with casters. During transfers the seat could swivel or the chair move. To stop the chair from moving, a standard spring-loaded doorstop with a metal pin and a rubber stopper on the end was bolted to a leg on each side of the base. The caregiver can push dow...[More Information]
    
    
95. CHAIR INSERT -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a custom adapted chair insert for a child with global developmental delay and epilepsy. The child had outgrown his previous insert and a new version was required. The new insert has a plywood back set at a 10-degree recline, a plywood base and footrest, height-adjustable thoracic fins, and cushions made from fabric-covered, 25-millimeter foam. There are also a range of harness mounting points, and the child uses the chair with a waist h...[More Information]
    
    
96. CHAIR RAISERS --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a child with multiple disabilities with access to an elevated cut-out table. The cruciform-shaped risers were made of 9-millimeter plywood and have vertical housings at each corner. The housings accommodate the full depth of the chair legs, but pine inserts were also made which can be dropped into the housing to further elevate the chair for taller children. DIMENSIONS: The vertical housings are 180 millimeters high. TITLE: Supporting Early Intervent...[More Information]
    
    
97. CHAIR SUPPORT FOR RECLINER --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide support for an individual with Parkinson's disease who leans to the right when fatigued. A Henley Twin Electic Recliner was custom-made to the user's measurements. Once the chair was complete, it was modified by adding thoracic fins to maintain the body in an upright position. The fins were mounted on brackets spaced 300 millimeters apart on a steel tube frame. The right-hand bracket, the side on which the user primarily needed support, could be move...[More Information]
    
    
98. CHAIR WHICH PROVIDES SUPPORT --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable a child to play in a sandbox. A large plastic bucket in which pickles were delivered to a fast food restaurant was washed numerous times to remove the pickle odor and was then cut to form a seat with a high back and sides. The front half was cut away in the shape of a "W," with the front indentations supporting and positioning the child's legs. The cut edges were covered with rubber padding and the seat was fixed to a circular wooden base for stabilit...[More Information]
    
    
99. CHAIR WITH DOUBLE SEAT --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with neurological disabilities to sit upright. Because of severe pain, the only comfortable position for the individual is with his legs completely curled up. A chair with essentially with a two-layer seat was developed. The upper section supports the user's buttocks and the lower section supports the legs in a curled position. The seat layers are mounted on a base made of one-inch square tubular steel. Castors at one end allow the chair...[More Information]
    
    
100. CHAIR WITH GLIDES --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a means for an individual who has had a stroke to move under a dining table after sitting on a chair. A glide was attached to the bottom of each leg of a standard dining room chair. This enabled the chair to slide more easily on the carpet while keeping the chair stable when the user sat down on it. TITLE: Post Stroke Assistance. JOURNAL: TAD Journal. REF: Volume 25, Number 2, Winter 2005: P. 10-11. PAGES: 3 (including cover)....[More Information]
     
     

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