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226. KNOB FOR GAS CONNECTOR --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual to connect a portable gas heater in different rooms. The bayonet fitting for the portable heater required that the knob be pushed and turned simultaneously. A new, larger knob was fabricated with a scalloped edge rather than a knurled edge. TITLE: Retirement Projects. JOURNAL: TAD Journal. REF: Volume 27, Number 2, August 2007: p. 14-15. PAGES: 3 (including cover)....[More Information]
     
     
227. KOALA CORNER CHAIR --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide seating and positioning for a child with microcephaly, epilepsy, and developmental disabilities. Made to dimensions specified by a therapist, this unit includes a chair with a footrest and a table that enable the child to be seated in a posturally and functionally correct position for learning, eating and playing. Made of plywood, the unit has a pedestal seat with a winged back for shoulder protraction. The seat and back panels are equipped with fabr...[More Information]
     
     
228. LADDER TO ASSIST GETTING OUT OF BATH --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a customized bracket and ladder system for use in getting in and out of the bath unaided for a person with mobility disabilities. A bracket is mounted on a stainless steel plate, and a fixed stainless steel tube is welded onto the plate. A smaller diameter inner tube with a 500 millimeter (mm) long piece of tube is welded at 90 degrees, creating an L-shape that sits in the outer tube and rotates from flush against the wall to 90 degrees from the wall...[More Information]
     
     
229. LAPTOP COMPUTER TRAY -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To provide a customized laptop computer tray for a student with disabilities. The adaptation mounts a laptop computer (with speech software) on a standard wheelchair tray so that the screen is in view while the computer is housed under the tray and the tray surface is left free. Hardware from a standard roll out "under the desk" keyboard shelf was modified to provide a platform for the laptop. Only the switch driving the software is exposed on th...[More Information]
     
     
230. LAPTOP SUPPORT --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide an individual with neurological disabilities with limited arm motion a means of comfortably accessing a laptop computer. This support is designed to enable the user to bring her wheelchair into position and then lower the support so that the computer is in her lap at the necessary angle. A rectangular plywood base with two vertical pieces at either side was designed to clamp to a table. Another plywood board with standard drawer runners at either si...[More Information]
     
     
231. LARGE EASEL --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a means for an individual with severe phyical disabilities to access canvasas of various sizes for painting. Made of square steel tubing, the frame is designed to enable the user to access any part of a large painting from one position. The frame is equipped with a central board on which the painting is mounted with brackets at the bottom to hold the painting and a bracket at the top that adjusts up and down in a slot on the board using a knurled nut...[More Information]
     
     
232. LARGE IN-LINE SWITCH ---DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with upper extremity disabilities to oprate a lamp. A small stained and varnished wooden box was built to contain two electrical boxes. One electrical box is for a large rocker switch and the other box is for a regular 120- volt receptacle. It is connected to a three-wire supply cable complete with plug, recycled from an old refrigerator. The wiring is arranged so that the rocker switch controls the power to the receptacle. The wooden ...[More Information]
     
     
233. LARGE IN-LINE SWITCH -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To provide a custom adaptation for an individual with fine motor and mobility disabilities. An individual needs to be able to switch a table lamp on and off and is unable to operate the switch built into the table lamp due to limited arm mobility and fine motor skills. A small wooden box (stained and varnished) was made to contain two electrical boxes. One electrical box is for a large rocker switch, the other is for a regular 120 volt receptacle...[More Information]
     
     
234. LARGE LIGHTED MAGNIFIER --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a large magnifier for a person with Usher Syndrome (visual/hearing impairments). The magnifier was to be mounted and large enough to fit a book/magazine under it and read the whole page. Additionally, the magnification needed to be adjustable to the various size print the patron was reading. A powerful lens (made by Fresnel Technologies) was adapted. The type of lens was originally designed for lighthouse optics and is made of rigid plastic, so it i...[More Information]
     
     
235. LARGE PRINT GROUP CROSSWORD PUZZLE --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable seniors and those with low vision to participate in group crossword activities. A 10 squares across x 10 squares down was drawn on a magnetic white board and the grid outlined with fine masking tape. A magneticsheet was cut into squares that matched the size of the squares on the grid; the magnetic squares are used to cover unneeded squares to create a grid to match the crossword puzzle being done. DIMENSIONS: The board is 1 meter x 900 centimeters. C...[More Information]
     
     
236. LARGE SPIKE BOARD -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To provide a custom adapted food preparation spike board for an individual with left arm amputation. Current spike boards were not large enough to accommodate the user’s desire to cook large items such as large meats and large quantities of vegetables. A 400 by 300 millimeter PVC chopping board was acquired. Then 304 grade stainless steel, which is safe to use with food, was used to make a master pin and 30 copies. Each pin has a pointed tip whic...[More Information]
     
     
237. LATERAL ROCKING HORSE --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide balance practice for children with balance and neurological disabilities. Built of plywood, this rocker has a seat with a footrest, a front safety bar, and horse-shaped sides. The unit is mounted on lateral rockers that rotate approximately 25 degrees from vertical on either side. TITLE: Happy Seating. JOURNAL: TAD Journal. REF: Volume 27, Number 3, October 2007: p. 9-11. PAGES: 4. (including cover). ...[More Information]
     
     
238. LEG SUPPORT FOR WHEELCHAIR --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with a fused knee to use a wheelchair. The legrest extends straight out from the wheelchair seat, supporting the legs while leaving the foot free. A support frame was created from square steel tubing and mounted on the right front frame of the chair and under the seat. A horizontal piece comes out from the wheelchair frame and attaches to a vertical piece that supports the horizontal leg support. The support itself is made from half a se...[More Information]
     
     
239. LEVER DOOR HANDLE EXTENSION ---- CUSTOM ADAPTATION ---- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with upper extremity disabilities to open a residential fire door with an automatic closer. A lever made of lightweight aluminum tubing with rubber tips at each end was attached to the existing small lever handle with two hose clamps. This enabled the user to grasp the handle with both hands to turn it and use body weight to pull the door open. DIMENSIONS: The aluminum tube is 20 centimeters long. TITLE: Opening Gambit. JOURNAL: TAD...[More Information]
     
     
240. LIFT CHAIR --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with dermatomyositis to use a chair. Because the individual was unable to get out of a chair independently, she often had to stand for long periods. Commercially-available lift chairs did not placer in the position she needed in order to stand. The custom-made chair started with a padded, vinyl-covered executive-style office chair which removed from its star-shaped wheeled base. The chair was bolted to a rectangular base tig welded toget...[More Information]
     
     
241. LIPSTICK INSPECTION WORKSTATION --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with repetitive strain injury to continue lipstick inspection work. This work station is designed to reduce shoulder strain, take weight off the arms, and minimize movement while permitting the task of inspecting lipsticks to continue. The work station has a wood base covered with a non-slip grip liner. Two wheelchair armrests rest on the base, forming a sloping triangle, with a foam pad at each end. A series of blocks and wing nuts allo...[More Information]
     
     
242. LONG-HANDLED FORK --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with quadriplegia to do digging tasks in the garden. The fork has a long wooden handle and the tines were machined on a lathe to be curved slightly to reduce resistance and tapered to turn easily in the ground. A strip of gauze was wrapped around the handle to protect the user's hand. TITLE: Fred's Garden. JOURNAL: TAD Journal. REF: Vol 21 no 4, Summer 2001: p. 17. PAGES (including cover): 2 2001....[More Information]
     
     
243. LOOM MODIFICATION -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a custom adapted loom for an individual with Parkinson’s disease to practice weaving. When this individual was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, she decided that she would try all the things she ever wanted in life including learning how to weave. She taught herself how to weave, bought increasingly bigger looms, and began making clothing for local medieval reenactors. Her diagnosis creates a lot of stiffness which was causing her pai...[More Information]
     
     
244. LOUNGE MODIFICATION -------- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a lounge modification for seniors and individuals with mobility disabilities to make it easier to get up from a lounger (i.e. couch) that is low to the ground. This adaptation was created for a woman who found it increasingly difficult to stand up after sitting on her couch due to increase muscle weakness in her upper legs. The couch was set very low to the floor so extra strength was required to rise up to a standing position. A TAD vo...[More Information]
     
     
245. LOWERED CLOTHESLINE --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual who uses a wheelchair to hang laundry outdoors. The existing clothesline hoist was adapted by bolting two aluminum strips to the existing arms. Two lengths of clothesline were threaded through holes drilled in the bottom of the strips. This created two lines reachable from wheelchair height. DIMENSIONS: The new clotheslines are 500 millimeters lower than the existing lines. TITLE: No More Washing Day Blues. JOURNAL: TAD Journal. REF: Vol...[More Information]
     
     
246. LUNGE TABLE --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a means of strengthening thigh muscles for children with lower extremity disabilities. The child stands in front of the table with one foot forward and one foot back in the walking position. An object of interest to the child is placed on the table in front of the child, requiring him/her to lunge to reach it. The wooden table is equipped with sliding legs for height adjustability, and the legs lock to a base plate to prevent the table from being kno...[More Information]
     
     
247. MATTRESS STRAPS --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To prevent a plastic-covered mattress from sliding off a home hospital-style bed. The hospital bed has a plastic-covered mattress on top of the main mattress. The plastic cover caused the mattress to slide off the bed while the user was in bed. Long belts were made out of seat belt webbing and buckles were attached to each end. The belts were then bolted to the underside of the bed. When buckled over the mattress, the belts hold the mattress in place and preven...[More Information]
     
     
248. MEMORY BOARD GAME --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a group memory improvement activity at a day center for seniors. The center had requested a large, lightweigheight board game that could be mounted on a whiteboard stand and removed when not in use. The game requires players to choose two numbers from the array on the board, and if the pictures on the reverse match, the player keeps the pair. The winner is the player with the greatest number of pairs. To make the board, a piece of Masonite was cut to...[More Information]
     
     
249. MOBILE BASE FOR SLEEP SYSTEM --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide mobility for a Dreama Sleep System used by a child with leukodystrophy and severe scoliosis. For comfort and to slow the development of the scoliosis, the child spends most of his time lying on his side. However, doing so in the bed meant he was isolated from household activities. To make the bed mobile, a frame was constructed of square tubular steel with a plywood base attached to the underside. Attaching the base to the underside of the frame ena...[More Information]
     
     
250. MOBILE DINING TABLE --- CUSTOM ADAPTATION --- PURPOSE: To provide a means for an individual with multiple sclerosis to transport meals and eat comfotably in a small apartment. A rolling table was built from melamine coated wood that fit comfortably in the space between the living room and the kitchen. The table has two shelves beneath the eating surface, one accessible from both sides and the other from the kitchen side only. Designed to be easy to clean and move, the table is equipped with four double-wheeled furn...[More Information]
     
     

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