Modified rod

- enables people with extensive disabilities to pick objects up from the floor
User picks a cup up from the floor using the modified rod.
User picks a cup up from the floor using the modified rod.

The user has modified a round wooden rod with hooks of various sizes attached to both ends. He uses these hooks to pick objects up from the floor.

Users comments
The modified rod is stored in the closet where it is readily available.

Made by
A friend of the user

Paid for by
The user

Whose idea
The user

Editors comments
In Sweden Euforia, www.euforia.se  sells a dressing hook that can be used for the same purpose (last checked January 2021)

Modified rod
Modified rod
Modified rod hanging in closet
Modified rod hanging in closet

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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