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Self-help devices for people with disabilities

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  • 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.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    A kitchen for you : a practical guide to equipment and design for elderly people and people with disabilities / Disabled Living Foundation.

    | Date: 1996
    • Books

    The disability directory North West 98-99 : ...working for disabled people / compiled and published by Ross Communications Limited.

    | Date: 1998
    • Books

    Living with a handicap / Philip Nicols.

    Nichols, Philip, active 1562. | Date: 1973
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    • Online

    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.

    Bothway, J. | Date: [1820?] | Reference: 44590i
    • Ephemera

    Disability : equipment ephemera. Box 1.

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