Aids for Daily Living
Ideal for those who lack fine motor coordination or have use of only one hand. Button hooks are easy to use; simply slip wire hook through button hole, grab button with wire and pull button back through hole.
This chopper features stainless steel blades, a 4 1/2 inch spring loaded plunger, and easy screw-on lid. Easy to operate and easy to clean.
This tool is made from high density, shatter resistant plastic. Aids the user in easy manipulation of most major automotive doors.
No more repetitive bending or stretching when something is out of your reach. The superior rubber cup design and industrial strength makes it easy to pick up something as large as a rock or as small as a pin.
The G.R.I.P. Pad (Gadgets Remain In Place) is a patent pending, unique, non skid, slimline lap or vehicle platform that holds objects in place on the top surface and "no slip" on the underside. It facilitates ADL's (Activities of Daily Living) and promotes greater independence.
The G.R.I.P. Pad can be customized for a specific need. The secret of The G.R.I.P. Pad is the high friction coefficient "non-slip" fabric and it's rigid structure. The surface fabric is water resistant, cleans or decons easily and tolerates up to 200 degrees F.
This lightweight can opener designed for use by individuals with upper extremity disabilities. Once the lid is pierced, the opener moves around the lid and shuts itself off when the can is open.
The Hearing Helper System helps listeners overcome background noise, reverberation, and distance from the speaker in classrooms and small groups, thus maximizing their ability to hear and understand. Hearing Helper broadcasts the speaker’s voice directly to the ears of individual listeners. While the speaker wears a compact transmitter and microphone, listeners use portable receivers and earphones to hear the presentation clearly and easily, even from the back of the room.
The LapDawg Pug is designed to hold your laptop just like a mini-table for your bed, couch, or chair.Features: Built in silent USB powered cooling fan, right and left felted mouse pad areas, adjustable laptop viewing angles up to 40 degres and 3 adjustable height levels. Helps alleviate neck and back pain by improving body posture with laptops and books.
Value: $59
The Neater Eater Electric Feeder is an automated personal feeding system. It features multi-user programmable settings, an array of utensil attachments, and finely controlled-timer based operations. Alternative to the Winsford ™Feeder
The Neater Eater Electric Feeder is an automated personal feeding system. It features multi-user programmable settings, an array of utensil attachments, and finely controlled-timer based operations. Alternative to the Winsford ™Feeder
This radio telemetry tracking system utilizes a small transmitter and a expandable antennae receiver to allow rapid and specific location of your missing "target" with minimal false readings and interference.
The Premier 1400 will handle up to 4 sheets of most standard paper styles. Hand-fed, this unit is extremely simple to operate and service. Value-added features include a de-jam handle that is stored on the botttom of the unit and a selector bar to choose between 8.5 x 11 and A4.
For the many people who need help reading text and seeing details because of low vision, traditional magnifying glasses work only up to a point. The Ruby video magnifier takes handheld magnification to the next level and beyond. The Ruby’s 4.3-inch, full color, high brightness video screen makes it outstanding for reading bills, letters, checks, and receipts. It is so small and unobtrusive that it easily slips into a pocket or purse as the perfect traveling companion for visiting the grocery store, the pharmacy, the bank, the library, bookstore, restaurant, or anywhere else.
The RC-3000 Speakerphone is a telephone with features useful to people with disabilities. A call is placed by pressing the On/Off button, which dials the operator or whatever number is stored in memory location 1. Communication may then take place without needing to press any additional buttons. Eighteen numbers may be stored and dialed with one touch. The phone features extra large buttons, volume control, redial button, mute button, and flash button for access to Custom Calling features. A leaf switch, touch switch, paddle or foot switch, or puff and sip switch (extra) may be attached to the RC-3000 and used in lieu of pressing the On/Off button.
Value: $160
This product lives up to its name by allowing the user to quickly and efficiently apply self adhesive postage stamps. *stamps not included*
TeleStik Portable Reachers are the lightest, smallest, most portable reachers in the world. TeleStik was designed and developed with two very important objectives in mind: (1) Producing the most portable lightweight pick-up tool/reacher (2) Producing a reacher that requires minimal hand, shoulder, and finger strength. Less the 8 inches long, TeleStik easily fits in a fanny pack, saddlebag or purse. And when you need that extra reach, TeleStik extends from 8 inches to 34 inches or anywhere in between.
Enables people without use of their arms to feed themselves from a plate or bowl at their own speed. Slight head motion on chin switch activates motorized pusher that fills spoon, which automatically moves to mouth. Rotation of plate or bowl selects food for each spoonful. To use bowl, simply remove dinner plate and pusher and add turntable, shelf and drip pan. Bowl rotates like plate. Separate knob adjusts feeder height.
Plastic-covered aluminum hand and hand/wrist orthoses hug the palm and hold the index finger to give individuals with weakened hand, finger and/or wrist dexterity the support and control needed to write. Designed to fit pencils and thin ballpoints, these writers are easy to slip on and off. Just bend for a customized fit. Latex free.
Value: $44
Uses an easy-to-load cartridge of 5000 staples #50050. Motor-driven mechanism reduces noise in the work area. Throat adjusts to a depth of 1".
