Archive for the ‘Selbstgebaute Hilfsmittel’ Category

Quadriplegic Workshop I

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

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I received this photo a couple of days ago.
Look closely,
the plumber didn’t have 2,5 per mill blood alcohol level and mounted the clamp incorrectly.
With this hose clamp you can easily regulate the thermostat.
Great idea!!!


Security advice:
If possible you should upgrade it with a child safety feature in form of a cork.
A wrong grasp could end painfully.

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Quadriplegic Tips Part IX

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

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I dare to state globally that there are no

wheelers which are not exempt from paying TV licensing fee

in Germany.
Due to this fact the program is probably that bad. I confess myself guilty as program Grinch.
Never mind.
We quadriplegics probably don’t pay any TV licensing fee just because we don’t manage it anyway to hold such a high gloss TV guide, let alone to pick the magazine up. Therefore it happens again and again that due to lack of knowledge we are watching a

scripted reality show

on private TV, instead of

The love life of grapevine snails


on the documentary channel.

With a big

binder clip

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from the stationery shop around the corner, the basic right for

TV program knowledge

should be provided again.
Alternatively I can offer a do-it-yourself course with a hole puncher and a key chain.

Now you shouldn’t miss the next episode of Mc Gyver again.

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Quadriplegic Tips Part VIII

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

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It is in the nature of the quadriplegics that we are spreading chaos all the time. Paper is lying around everywhere. To file the paper piles reasonably I am introducing the world’s first:

tie wrap fishing hanging files

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Technical Aids Tips and Tricks I

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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I am user of a

bed designer monkey bar

which I can’t do without.
I have cushioned it with the common sanitary rubber foam for water pipes from the do-it-yourself store.
This tip is an “old hat“.
If you then additionally fix a super-strong round

Ikea magnet

to the bars and hang the monkey bar on to it, it doesn’t
dangle around
in front of your face any more.

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QuadriplegicTips Part VII

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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I have made all the time

Crash tests

with my new telephones.

Quite robust these things. :-)

A bit of double-faced adhesive tape and my beloved

non-slip reel

(see older blogpost) can work miracles….

Strong like a tiger, clever like Mc Gyver!

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Quadriplegic Tips Part VI

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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Everybody who once had a plaster cast knows this

blue adhesive wrapping tape .

It you wrap it around things like e.g. a bottle this virtually sticks to the hand.
For me who constantly drops things due to the paralysis of my fingers this tape is just brilliant!

For those who don’t like blue the tape is available in red as well ;-)

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Quadriplegic Tips Part V

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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Although I can’t open a yoghurt cup any more with my fingers, I can still smash it up!!! ;-)

In this

clamp

you can put cutlery.
This makes it possible, even without finger function, to eat independently with spoon and fork again.

Enjoy your meal!

The cutlery holder is available at medical supply shops, but can also be self-made rather easily. It can be individually adjusted with velcro tape.

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Quadriplegic Tips Part IV

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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With this shaver holder composed of a piece of foamed material with hole, available in handicraft shops, coated with non-slip reel of the company
Dycem, many people with restricted motor functions can shave themselves again.

Always shave well, or let yourself shave:
With a full beard it’s likely to entangle in the driving wheels of the wheelchair!
;-)

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Quadriplegic Tips Part III

Friday, December 11th, 2009

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Everybody who knew me before my accident knows that I have been a rather

”spiritual” person.

In the hospital I wasn‘t able any more to open a bottle of

hop blossom ice tea

(cold beer) due to lack of power.
My colleagues had sympathy with my situation and constructed this special opener type:

ASIFLENGHTISNOTIMPORTANT!

The opener is also excellently suitable as extension for Allen wrenches if the screws on the wheelchair are lose again.

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Quadriplegic Tips Part II

Friday, December 11th, 2009

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That we quadriplegics are fixing key rings, tie wraps and tapes to each and everything is nothing new, but you probably haven’t seen this before ;-)

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