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Category: Recreation, leisure

Tips och ideas about: Swimming


  • Air sports (3)
  • Art (12)
  • Camping/motor home (13)
  • Games (6)
  • Garden (25)
  • Handicraft and sewing (4)
  • Horseback riding (3)
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  • Music (7)
  • Outdoor life (19)
  • Photographing/filming (8)
  • Reading (15)
  • Sports (18)
  • Swimming (5)
  • Television and sound (15)
  • Tobacco (1)
  • Walking (8)
  • Water sports and boats (62)
  • Winter sports (22)

Moving on soft sand

– a solution when there are no ramps

Moving on soft sand
Author Alex2015 Categories Mobility with assistance, Moving around by wheelchair, Swimming, Water sports and boatsTags High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

Beach Wheelchair

A wheelchair that works on sand and in water

Beach Wheelchair
Author Sebastian2015 Categories Moving around by wheelchair, SwimmingTags Low paraplegia (Th11-S1)

Pool lift for outdoor pool

Stationary custom-designed pool lift makes it possible for people with disabilities to get in and out of a pool

Pool lift for outdoor pool
Author Irene2010 Categories Swimming, Training, Transfers with lifting devicesTags Low paraplegia (Th11-S1)

Outdoor pool with lift

– suitable for people with disabilities

Outdoor pool with lift
Author Irene2010 Categories Swimming, TrainingTags Low paraplegia (Th11-S1)

Vinyl-backed terry cloth

Vinyl-backed terry cloth protects the wheelchair or lounge chair from becoming wet after a swim or shower

Vinyl-backed terry cloth
Author Tomas2009 Categories Swimming, Washing oneselfTags Low tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C7-Th1)

Categories

  • Recreation, leisure
    • Air sports (3)
    • Art (12)
    • Camping/motor home (13)
    • Games (6)
    • Garden (25)
    • Handicraft and sewing (4)
    • Horseback riding (3)
    • Motorsports (2)
    • Music (7)
    • Outdoor life (19)
    • Photographing/filming (8)
    • Reading (15)
    • Sports (18)
    • Swimming (5)
    • Television and sound (15)
    • Tobacco (1)
    • Walking (8)
    • Water sports and boats (62)
    • Winter sports (22)

Tips by injury level

  • High tetraplegia without function in arms and hands (C2-4) (144)
  • High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6) (636)
  • Low tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C7-Th1) (180)
  • High paraplegia with impaired balance (Th2-10) (190)
  • Low paraplegia (Th11-S1) (111)
  • Motor incomplete tetraplegia (C2-Th1) (42)
  • Motor incomplete paraplegia (Th2-S1) (20)
  • Tetraplegia with motor function allowing ambulation (C2-Th1) (50)
  • Paraplegia with motor function allowing ambulation (Th2-S1) (3)

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  • Tip categories
    • Assisting others/childcare
    • Caring for household objects
    • Carrying, moving and handling objects
    • Communication
    • Eating, drinking
    • Economic life
    • Education
    • Household tasks
    • Housing
    • Looking after ones health
    • Mobility
    • Personal assistance
    • Planning activities and tasks
    • Recreation, leisure
    • Self care
    • Travelling
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