MOVEMENT DISORDERS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY: ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT: COOKING AND OTHER ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT

Cooking and Other Adaptive Equipment

• Mirror over stove so you can see into pots from your wheelchair.

• Special tools to open jars.

• Special reaching tools (called "reachers") to help you pick up things that are too far away.

• Tenodesis splint to help you pick up tiny objects when you don't have a strong pinch.

• Prism glasses so you can look straight down if you can't bend your neck forward.

• Mouthsticks if you cannot use your hands at all.

• Telephone holders or a speaker phone if you cannot hold the phone by yourself.

• Special electronic devices for hands-free control of phones and to turn on radios, TVs, lamps, etc., without having to get out of your chair or bed.

     There is much more adaptive equipment available besides the equipment described here. Talk with an occupational therapist or rehab engineer about your needs. The therapist can help you decide what adaptive equipment might be helpful to you.

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