Home-made buttoning device

Practical home-made buttoning device – suitable for people with impaired hand function

Buttoning device

Buttoning device

The buttoning device is made of wire. The handle is shaped like a ring with insulation tape wrapped around it.

User is holding her buttoning device with her thimb in the ring.
User demonstrates the buttoning device

Author: Ina

Ina bor ihop med sin make i en lägenhet. Hon är medlem och arbetar för 'Republican Association of Wheelchair Users (PA RAWU)' raik.by/en/about-us/ i Vitryssland. Hon har en hög ryggmärgsskada. Ingen assistans.
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Type of disability

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

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