Hi Kel, I too read paperback and a trip to your local Office Max or the like will do. I use the large 2 inch "Binder clips". They will keep your pages open for you.
Rick c3-4 Quad on Vent, 20 years post --- Kelvin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all on the chat list. > > I was hoping someone might have some > advice/tips/contacts with regard > to assistive devices for reading books for those > folk with high level > quadriplegic spinal cord injury or similar. There is > a chap at the > rehab' unit to which I'm attached who loves to read > paperback novels and > was after something to allow him to read > independently (given his > relatively average hand function at the moment). > He's working away at > his abilities with his hands and has also downloaded > a number of books > as well. He has tried a reading stand that has meant > breaking the spine > of the novel for it to be functional, and even then > it's been prone to > flick over 6 pages at once so it's not been an > entire success. He'd > rather avoid breaking the spine of a book for one > thing and so was > curious to know if anyone had any suggestions? You > may know of things > commercially available or just plain clever tricks > that people have > developed to tackle this kind of challenge - I'm > sure he's not the only > person who's had to tackle this one. > > So, any help you can provide would be much > appreciated. Photos are > always welcome too if they're handy. > > Thanks in advance, bye for now. > > Kel Smith. > Recreation Therapist > Moorong Spinal Unit > Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney. > > > Disclaimer: This message is intended for the > addressee named and may > contain confidential information. If you are not the > intended > recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. > Views > expressed in this message are those of the > individual sender, > and are not necessarily the views of NSW Health. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for the NSW Department > of Health by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > The Department regularly monitors emails and > attachments to ensure compliance with its Electronic > Messaging Policy. > _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
