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976. Twist Knob Device. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Device to allow a person with difficulty manipulating small objects to deal with small knobs which must be pushed and turned. Manipulating device made of a length of broomstick or dowel drilled and countersunk at one end to take a baby bottle nipple, which is glued inside. This is pushed against the knob which can then be turned. A smaller piece of dowel can be pushed into a hole drilled through the other end of the broomstick to provide more of a ...[More Information]
     
     
977. Two Choice Communication Board. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Direct selection communicator device consists of 2 boxes that light up. Each is connected to a separate switch. An object is placed in each box. The child indicates his or her choice by activating the switch which lights the corresponding box. For a child who is beginning to understand language this device can be used to answer questions related to simple object identification. Made of 2 boxes about 5-8 inches square and 4-5 inches deep, two 6 volt...[More Information]
     
     
978. Two Directional Rocking Switch. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Two directional rocker switch can be used to make a toy go forward or backward, or operate two devices at the same time. Rocker switch is constructed using 2 pieces of conductor wire, 2 subminiature plugs and 2 brass or copper squares soldered on to a piece of wood. Includes diagrams. SKILLS REQUIRED: Soldering. AUTHOR: Burkhart, L J TITLE: More Homemade Battery Devices for Severely Handicapped Children with Suggested Activities REF: Millville, Pen...[More Information]
     
     
979. Two Function Box. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Device to allow one switch to turn on two toys with similar voltage requirements. Switch made with a small plastic jewelry or watch box, 1 subminiature size jack, 2 subminiature size plugs and 2 pieces of two conductor 22 gauge stranded wire, 4 feet long. Includes instructions, diagrams, a photograph and possible uses. SKILLS REQUIRED: Soldering. Electronics. AUTHOR: Burkhart, L J TITLE: More Homemade Devices for Severely Handicapped Children With ...[More Information]
     
     
980. Two-Handle Spoon: An Aid for Independent Eating. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Two-handled spoon for use by individuals with limited hand coordination. Describes adaptation of a stainless steel spoon by fastening a handle to it at right angles. The handle can be made of a wooden bar fastened with screws or a plastic bar laminated to the spoon. Cylindrical foam padding can be used to make hand grips. Includes diagram and photograph. SKILLS REQUIRED: Woodworking. Plastics. AUTHOR: Shaw, G; Wright, C TITLE: Two- Handle Spoon: An...[More Information]
     
     
981. Typing Table for Wheel Chair. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Provides typewriter or other table at proper height for wheelchair user. One-legged plywood table measuring 15 inches by 22 inches by 1/2 inch is reinforced with 2 wooden braces. COMMENTS: Submitted by Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Richmond, Virginia. SKILLS REQUIRED: Woodworking. AUTHOR: New York University Bellevue Medical Center Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation TITLE: Typing Table fo...[More Information]
     
     
982. UTILITY STICK. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Stick with hooks to assist in retrieving small items or to help with dressing. Instructions for making a utility stick. Uses a dowel, clothes pin and door hook. Suggested length is 18 inches but can be any length. Includes drawing. SKILLS REQUIRED: Assembly. AUTHOR: Occupational Therapy Service. TITLE: REF: Resource Sheet: Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York. ....[More Information]
     
     
983. UTILITY TRAY --- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable individuals with upper extremity disabilities to organize and carry items. Included in a chapter entitled "Living Room & Leisure Activities," this article provides detailed instructions with illustrations for making a tray with a Luan plywood bottom and lattice molding sides. The tray is equipped with D-shaped handles large enough to slip the user’s hands through. MATERIALS: A quarter-inch thick piece of 11 x 14 inch Luan (smooth-surfaced) mahogany...[More Information]
     
     
984. Universal Cuff. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Cuff which fastens around the hand and has a tool pocket to facilitate holding a short handled tool. Instructions for constructing a single strap cuff of canvas webbing, a 2 inch metal ring, hook and loop velcro, leather or vinyl scrap and cord or a shoelace. Lists materials needed and possible sources; includes diagram and drawing. SKILLS REQUIRED: Sewing. AUTHOR: Beems, J TITLE: Adaptive Garden Equipment: A Resource Manual for Patients, Families ...[More Information]
     
     
985. Universal Cuff. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Hand held page turner and cuff for quadriplegic with use of arms but not hands. Page turner and cuff made with open double canvas. Canvas is sewed together forming a casing. One end is left open to allow a stick to be inserted. A flattened piece of surgical tubing approximately 3/4 inch long is taped to the end of the stick. Canvas casing can then be fashioned into a loop, through which the hand can fit, and fastened with wire. Includes photographs...[More Information]
     
     
986. Using the Oven. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Describes modified utensils to aid in using the oven. oven. Suggests using a wood sliding board between the oven rack and a utility cart for people with muscle weakness; using a wooden stick with a V indentation on the end and a hook indentation on the side, for pushing and pulling oven racks; using a bent coathanger to pull out the rack, and using a velcro loop around the oven door to pull the door open using the arm for people with weak hands. In...[More Information]
     
     
987. Utility Stick for Cosmetics. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Extender with a gripper on one end to hold a lipstick or powder puff for a person with limited arm movement. Device made with a length of copper or other suitable tubing flattened at one end and fastened to a plastic clothes pin with tape or rivets. SKILLS REQUIRED: Assembly. AUTHOR: Independence Factory TITLE: Make it Cheap: Volume 3 REF: Middletown, Ohio: Independence Factory NARIC CALL NUMBER: R1183 PAGES (including cover): 2 1976....[More Information]
     
     
988. VELCRO BRACELET -------- “DO IT YOURSELF” ENTRY --------- PURPOSE: To create a Velcro bracelet that can be used by a child with grasping disabilities. First, sew a once inch piece of hook Velcro to one end of the elastic and a one inch piece of loop Velcro to the other end. Second, sew a two inch piece of hook Velcro at the middle of the elastic. Third, stick a piece of loop Velcro onto the toy that the child wishes to play with. The Velcro bracelet aids the child in grasping the toy he or she wishes to play w...[More Information]
     
     
989. VELCRO GARMENT FASTENERS ---- DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY ---- PURPOSE: To adapt clothing for easier dressing for seniors or individuals with arthritis or fine motor, grasping, neurological, or upper extremity disabilities. This illustrated article, included in a chapter entitled "Bedroom & Getting Dressed," discusses ways in which sew-on Velcro tape can be used to modify clothing. Buttons can be replaced with Velcro, neck holes can be enlarged and the seams closed with Velcro, and Velcro can be sewn next to the zippers on pan...[More Information]
     
     
990. VELCRO STRAPS FOR FOLDING CANES -------- “DO IT YOURSELF” ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Modify a folding cane or folding crutch so that it stays folded. The Velcro straps are made from sticky back Velcro which can be obtained at any craft, sewing, hardware store, or online. INSTRUCTIONS: The Velcro has two parts to it, the fuzzy end and the spiky rough end. The adhesive back of the rough end will be what to stick to the upper part of the barrel of the cane. For a cane that folds in two, that is a 3 inch circumference, which req...[More Information]
     
     
991. VERTICAL COLLATOR. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Collating stand for a person who prefers standing while working. Four wooden vertical shelves with adjustable knobs for holding collated papers, sketches, etc. Dimensions: Base 15 by 17 by 29 inches, shelves 7 1/2 by 15 inches. Device designed for an individual with athetoid movements who also used compensatory motions to perform collating tasks. SKILLS REQUIRED: Woodworking. AUTHOR: Gugerty, J.; Tindall, L. TITLE: Tools, Equipment & Machinery Adap...[More Information]
     
     
992. VERTICAL TRAY ---DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To hold object in view for an individual who is unable to move her neck to look down at a wheelchair tray. A vertical tray was made of wood that attached to the existing tray with quick-release clamps. The tray has vertical wings on each side to keep objects from falling off. The tray can be adjusted forward and backward for proper positioning. A clear plastic shelf was installed in slots on the tray and can be adjusted up or down for optimal viewing. TITLE: ...[More Information]
     
     
993. VEST BIB. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Bib made to look like a vest for men. Instructions for making a lined bib that looks like a vest. Covers entire front of shirt. Includes drawing of pattern. SKILLS REQUIRED: Sewing. AUTHOR:Bowar, M. TITLE:Clothing for the Handicapped, Fashion Adaptations for Adults and Children. REF:Book: Sister Kenny Institute Rehabilitation Publication 737.: p 33. 1978....[More Information]
     
     
994. VOCABULARY TRAINING ACTIVITY ---DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To assist children with cognitive or learning disabilities with word recognition. Consonant-vowel-consonat (CVC) words were color-coded with green for go as the initial consonant (where to start reading a word) and red for stop with the final consonant to end the word. The first vowel is linked to the first consonant, creating one unit (ca-t). AUTHOR: Sievers, T. TITLE: Assistive Technology Ideas that Work. WEB SITE: cenmi.org/mits/downloads/atideas/PD/SH_PD6...[More Information]
     
     
995. Valet for Bilateral Arm Amputees. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Device to allow a bilateral arm amputee to put on and remove protheses independently. A " valet" made of wood: a back piece 16 inches long and two side arms, 12 inches long, with grooves cut into them to hold the prostheses (which are attached together with straps that go across the back). This can be fastened to a wall or a chair at the appropriate height. The client backs up to it and slips into or out of the prostheses which stay on this holder ...[More Information]
     
     
996. Velcro Golf Glove and Sleeve. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Adaptations to a golf glove and the golf club grip to allow a golfer with arthritis a firmer grip on the club. Golf club with pieces of Velcro sewn on the fingers, thumb and palm; and a sleeve for the club grip made with a piece of elastic bandage with three strips of Velcro sewn along it. Includes photograph. SKILLS REQUIRED: Sewing. AUTHOR: Pizarro, D C TITLE: Velcro Golf Glove and Sleeve JOURNAL: Able Bodies REF: Vol 4, Sep 1984 PAGES ( includin...[More Information]
     
     
997. Voice Controlled Switch. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Switch activated by the child's voice to turn on a tape player, battery toy or light, intended to encourage vocalization; when the child is quiet, the switch is off. Adaptation of a 150 in 1 Electronic Project Kit from Radio Shack, also requiring 5 feet of 2 conductor 22 gauge stranded wire and 1 subminiature size plug. Includes instructions, diagrams, uses and photograph. SKILLS REQUIRED: Electronics. Soldering. Assembly. AUTHOR: Burkhart, L J TIT...[More Information]
     
     
998. WAKE UP DEVICE. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: An alternative to a commercially available flashing alarm clock. Connect a small 4 or 6 inch fan to an appliance timer. The breeze will awaken a sleeper who doesn't perceive a flashing light. SKILLS REQUIRED: Assembly. AUTHOR: Paschell, William. TITLE: Do-it-Yourself Listening and Signaling Devices for People with Hearing Impairment. REF: Monograph: available from William Paschell, 3717 May St., Wheaton, MD 20906, 301-946-0037. 1988....[More Information]
     
     
999. WAKE UP DEVICE. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: An alternative to a commercially available flashing alarm clock. A flashing light can be assembled with a clip on light or lamp, a standard appliance timer, and either a flasher plug or a flasher button for the socket of the lamp. SKILLS REQUIRED: Assembly. AUTHOR:Paschell, William. TITLE: Do-it- Yourself Listening and Signaling Devices for People with Hearing Impairment. REF: Monograph: available from William Paschell, 3717 May St., Wheaton, MD 20...[More Information]
     
     
1000. WALKER BAG. ------- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Carrying aid to attach to the front of a standard walker. Instructions are provided to make a fabric bag to attach to the front of a walker. Includes drawings. SKILLS REQUIRED: sewing. AUTHOR: Occupational Therapy Service. TITLE: REF: Resource Sheet: Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York. NARIC CALL NUMBER: PAGES (including cover): (year-replace this)....[More Information]
      
      

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