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Disability gadgets and products that are useful to help disabled children, children with learning disabilities, autism or other illness and impairments.

Low Tech Lifesavers: Weighted Blankets

Low Tech Lifesavers: Weighted Blankets Weighted blankets are heavy, specially made bed coverings. They use sewn-in bags of sand or other dense materials to make the covering heavy. They are mostly used for children with autism but be used to calm people with dementia or for other neurological conditions. They help children sleep and can […]

Ingenious Ideas: Wrist Straps

At Living with Disability we’ve been impressed by the work of @touretteshero on Twitter and in the newspapers, battling against prejudice and ignorance. We have been looking at her blog has some pretty interesting and useful gadgets if you have Tourettes Syndrome or in fact a range of conditions which may result in tics such […]

Ingenious Ideas: Strawberi – The Smart Straw Holder

Ingenious Ideas: Strawberis After discussing both the DUO and the Bridgit recently, both products from the Such and Such Design Company, we thought we’d also include their Strawberi into our directory. All three products were introduced at the New Product Showcase at Naidex National 2012 in May and all three have major benefits for a […]