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Self-help devices for people with disabilities

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Images about Self-help devices for people with disabilities

2 images from works
  • A mechanism to enable an armless person to write with a pen by operating a treadle with the foot. Engraving by G. Gladwin after R. Cocking, ca. 1820.
  • A mechanism to enable invalids to lift themselves up into the sitting position in bed. Engraving by A.W. Warren, ca. 1820, after H.W. Reveley.

Works from the collections

147 works

    • Ephemera

    All your mobility products under the stars : microlite / Mobility Wholesale Ltd.

    | Date: [1996]
    • Ephemera

    Your invitation to naidex '92 : the international exhibition of equipment & services for disabled & elderly people nursing & rest homes / Naidex Conventions.

    | Date: 1992
    • Ephemera

    International naidex 96 : empowering disabled and elderly people / Naidex Conventions.

    | Date: 1996
    • Ephemera

    Independence chairs : 4500 power chair / Independence Chair Company.

    | Date: [1984]
    • Ephemera

    The Floronde Garden : for people who appreciate the joys of gardening but are excluded by limited space or disability. / Inva-Dex.

    | Date: [1995]
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Persons with Disabilities
Wheelchairs
Showers (Plumbing fixtures)
Self-Help Devices
Bionics
United Kingdom
Charities
Self-Help Groups

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