Modified jacket

The modification enables people with high tetraplegia to take off an outdoor jacket by themselves
Modified outer jacket
Modified outer jacket

An outdoor jacket is modified with tab attached to a key ring on the zipper (see related tip). Another option for modification involves key rings attached with eyelets to the cuffs of sleeves.
See related tip for technique to take off jacket.

Users comments
To make it easier to take off a jacket independently, it is important that the jacket is not too tight under the arms and that it has a lining in a slippery fabric (like nylon).

Made by
User’s assistant

Paid for by
The user

Whose idea
The user along with occupational therapist Jan Lindblad

Modified zipper with key ring and tab.
Modified zipper with key ring and tab.
Modified outer jacket with key rings in cuffs
Modified outer jacket with key rings in cuffs

Related tips

Technique to pull down the zipper of an outer jacket
Technique to pull down the zipper of an outer jacket

Using a key ring attached to the zipper - technique for people with extensive disabilities.

Removing an outer jacket
Removing an outer jacket

Technology to take off an outer jacket - suitable for a person with severe disabilities.

Key ring with “bite tug”
Key ring with “bite tug”

A user with extensive disabilities can use a "bite tug" to help pull up a zipper on a jacket.

Author: Kenneth

Kenneth bor i en lägenhet. Han skadade sig 2006 och har en hög inkomplett tetraplegi med uttalad spasticitet. Han har personlig assistans 130 timmar i veckan.
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Type of disability

Motor incomplete tetraplegia (C2-Th1)

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