Our five senses give us the ability to enjoy the daily beauty that surrounds us. The value of hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and feeling are often taken for granted until one or more of those important tools start to deteriorate in some way. The ability to hear, as well as to see make life experiences more rewarding and certainly more enjoyable. The partial loss of hearing dramatically changes how life is perceived and choices that were once made quickly, become an effort due to...

Encounters with disabled toilets

Now when people talk to me about disabled toilets I can’t help but visualize a buckled and bent toilet with its cistern lid crooked and flush handle hanging loose, either on crutches or in a wheel chair. The same goes for disabled parking except here I see a crooked pole with a walking stick, with the signboard askew. I know I am being difficult but if we called them toilets for the disabled I for one would...

A wheelchair lift serves the purpose of a personal assistant for a physically disabled person. Without a wheelchair lift, a physically disabled person has to depend on someone to move within the house or to travel outdoors. Wheelchair lifts used for residential purposes are referred to as residential wheelchair lifts.

A residential wheelchair lift saves manual effort and time. It offers safety and independence to the handicapped person, thereby providing peace of mind to the...

A wheelchair elevator is a unusual machine that was fashioned to transport individuals in wheelchairs or mobility scooters between the various floors in an office or apartment building. It permits them to be given the occupation that they desire have always wanted or they place they would love to reside in without having to sacrifice anything.

There are contrasting designs for these types of wheelchairs. The most standard is the platform lift - which uses tracks that are...

Autism and anxiety

We are all vulnerable to feelings of anxiety at various points in our lives and our responses to such can depend on the elements of our ‘fabric’ – those parts of us that make up who we are, the support we have and our abilities to know what to do, how and when.

Some of the elements that make us the individual and unique characters we are, are our personality, temperament, gender, age, life experience, health status, family...

The amputation of a leg is a major happening for a person and represents an upheaval in their life, with psychological problems added to the difficulties of learning the rehabilitation, the management of the new prosthesis, and the relearning of ambulation. The surgeon's plan will be to manage the process to allow the patient early access to rehabilitation, reduce their energy requirements in walking to the minimum and allow them to manage the prosthesis successfully. Many new skills...

One might feel discouraged in case the hearing aid runs to several thousands of dollars. You may even go to the extent of saying that you can live without these, and you might learn to live without them. You might learn to read lip. But, if the hearing aids were more affordable, then, you might consider purchasing them. All you need to know is what to look for in these pieces.

Some of the hearing aids might just take the sound over to your ear, and there will be some...

Gout is undeservedly the subject of jokes but it shouldn’t be because of the serious nature of the condition and the considerable discomfort the sufferer finds him/herself in. Gout typically affects men over 40 and women over 50 but it can strike on other age groups as well. It is commonly associated with being overweight and with a tendency to diabetes and hypertension. The single most important cause of gout is of course hyperuricemia, and excess of uric acid formed by purine...

Both a passenger and goods lift are available in a range of sizes and dimensions and any company or organisation wishing to install an elevator must consider carefully what the individual needs of the building are and what is the most appropriate lift size to accommodate these.

From the smallest lifts such as dumb waiters, which are generally used to transport hot food to its destination quickly, to the commercial elevators designed to hold large quantities of people and...

An electric stair lift is a practical and economical solution for the physically handicapped, providing easy and safe movement from one floor to another. The introduction of these accessibility devices has proved to be a great blessing to both the aged and physically challenged individuals, giving them a new found feeling of independence.

Compatible Models Available for Indoor and Outdoor Use

Electric stairlifts suitable for indoor and outdoor use are provided by...