Going to a shop which sells specialised equipment for disabled persons, I was intrigued by some of the ingenious ideas and inventions. The array of gadgets was endless to help one in the kitchen, dressing, picking things up from the floor, showering; there was even something to assist putting on socks and shoes! The variety of very useful and helpful tools was vast, but the prices were equally amazing! Amazingly high! Although clearly a lot of thought and research had gone into many of the items, I felt that some of the things could be bought elsewhere for far less. This evening in a regular kitchen shop, we found a cutting board made of plastic, with a rubber edging so that the board doesn’t move on the working surface. It also had a ridge around it and is at an angle preventing things from rolling away. Obviously certain equipment can be purchased only at a ‘specialist shop’, but other items, can be bought elsewhere or even with a little creativity and thinking out of the box, something you already have at home can be converted and used.
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