MOBILE PRESCHOOL CHAIR
--- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a child with spina bifida with both access to very low preschool tables and personal mobility. A standard wheelchair was too high to be used at the tables, so a low-level wheeled chair was built. A Sebel Mini Hobnob chair, similar to those used by the other children in the classroom, was set on wheels virtually at ground level. Made of square steel tube, the frame to which the chair was attached, has large front wheels for self-propulsion and smaller rear casters. as well as a plywood footplate, The seat is height adjustable to accommodate the five-year-old child's growth. DIMENSIONS: The front wheels are 300 millimeters (mm) in diameter and the rear casters are 100 mm in diameter. The footplate is 25 mm above the floor. The seat is height adjustable in three 25 mm increments from a base of 625 mm. TITLE: Joshua's Preschool Chair. JOURNAL: TAD Journal. REF: Volume 26, Number 3, October 2006. PAGES: 18. Number of pages: 2 (including cover). 2006.
Notes: The TAD Journal is available in the collection of the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC).
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Technical Aid to the Disabled (TAD)
TADNSW is a charity organisation that has the authority to fundraise. TAD uses volunteers dedicated to the design, construction and provision of aids for people with disabilities. Members of TAD provide a resource pool comprising a range of design, engineering, rehabilitation, computer, therapy and other professional and technical skills. Aids custom-designed by TAD volunteers are described in the TAD Journal.Locked Bag 2008
Wentworthville, New South Wales 2145
Australia
Telephone: 011-61-2-9912-3400.
Fax: 011-61-2-9890-1911.
Web: http://www.tadnsw.org.au.
Email: tad@tadnsw.org.au.
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