Dining table

By pulling out a drawer a wheelchair user can sit at a table that she or he otherwise could not slide in under

Dela
Dela

User at dining table

Dining table with drawers. When the drawers are in place the user cannot sit at the table since she cannot fit her knees under the table. By pulling out a drawer she can sit at the table.

Users comments
The family usually eats in the kitchen. The dining table in the living room is only used when they have many visitors or on major holidays.

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The user

Author: Suzanne

Suzanne bor ihop med man och barn i en villa. Hon arbetar deltid. 1991 skadade hon sig och har en komplett tetraplegi C6. Hon har personlig assistans.

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Type of disability

High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

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