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Designers: Amy L. Caribardi and Lauren E. Schaffer Client Coordinators: Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The client is a man with quadriplegia who uses a power wheelchair. Most commercially available wheelchair desks attach to the armrests, often interfering with the control joystick on power wheelchairs. The goals of this project were to construct a […] Designers: Amy Congdon and Jessica Foley Client Coordinators: Linn Wakeford, Frank Porter Graham Childhood Development Center Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs Our client is a four-year-old boy with Cerebral Palsy. He has limited vision and mobility and is adult dependent. He enjoys motion, especially swinging. The goal of this project was to provide our […] Designers: Austin Derfus and Greg Garbos Client Coordinators: Debbie Reinhautsen Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The client is an eight-year old girl with cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia, blindness and half-hearing loss. Due to her limitations, swinging is one of the few stimuli she can enjoy. Her family desired a motorized swing, because she often […] Designers: Jennifer Glasgow and Thomas Meese Client Coordinators: Nancy Curtis, Easter Seals Foundation of NC Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The goal of this project was to design and construct a recreational jumper for our client, a five year old girl with cerebral palsy. The primary objectives were to make the jumper safe, comfortable, […] Designers: Jennifer Glasgow Client Coordinators: Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The client is a high school student with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy who needed a wheelchair-mounted desktop surface for schoolwork, computer work, and eating. He previously used a commercial work surface that rested on his lap. This surface was cumbersome and would move undesirably when […] Designers: Brandon Stroy and Ravi Baji Client Coordinators: Lisa Williams, Generations Tadpole Assistive Technology Lending Library Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The Generations Tadpole Lending Library provides people with physical and mental disabilities low-tech assistive technology devices and toys. Many of these products use batteries, which must be tested regularly. Because Tadpole employs people […] Designers: Ethan Fricklas and Brian Alonso Client Coordinators: Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The client is a 17-year-old male with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy who uses a power wheelchair. A senior in high school, the client currently uses a small lap tray that must be place in front of him for reading and writing. To […] |