Gearbox in adapted automatic car

Shifting the car’s gears with a mouth stick – a solution for drivers with high spinal cord injuries

Gear box (panel with buttons)
Gear panel

Anders uses a mouth stick on a panel with buttons to select the gear, see associated tip.

Users comments
Initially the user intended to manage the gear panel with his hand, but this did not work because he came in contact with all of the buttons simultaneously. Then he began to use the mouth stick.

Made by
Autoadapt (in Sweden), autoadapt.se (last checked April 2020)

Paid for by
Swedish Social Insurance Agency

Whose idea
The user (mouth stick)

User with mouth stick by gear panel
User with mouth stick by gear panel

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Tipsare: Anders

Anders lives together with his partner in a house. He is working part time. He was injured in 1989 and has a high spinal cord injury (C4-5). He has personal assistance.