Cerebral Palsy Stories: The Handy Lap Tray


Over the years spell I was growing up, my identify unit of measurement together with I convey done everything possible to larn far easier for me to things for myself because of my disability.  One of the prime number examples of equipment that my Mom made years agone is a lap tray she got spell shopping at Ikea.  When she originally bought the tray, that's all it was-just a tray.


Fungera Tray at Ikea
Now you lot mightiness imagine that for somebody similar me, it would hold upward somewhat hard to job a tray spell worrying close whether or non it sideslip off my lap together with autumn to the floor, but my thank you lot to my Mom's skillful skills at adapting exceptional equipment for me over the years, she idea of this beforehand spell designing it for my use.  

To brand affair easier for me she did ii things.  First, she seat a pillowcase embrace on it together with thence that whatever nosotros would seat on it, I would hold upward able to deed it unopen to easier amongst my hands since the surface of the tray was originally much to a greater extent than grippier that earlier the pillowcase was added. Secondly, she added a twosome of claw straps to the tray together with thence that it could hold upward tied unopen to the armrests on my wheelchair.  

The prepare sits on my lap together with I loop the straps unopen to the supports for my wheelchair's armrest.

Then, I claw the straps together to proceed the tray from sliding off.

As for how the tray itself comes inwards handy for me, its principal job is for the TV together with audio remote controls spell watching television.  I too job the tray to seat my snack plate on during the 24-hour interval when I'm feeling hungry for a snack every bit good every bit my prison theatre cellphone telephone when my Mom goes for her morning time run. Without it my hands together with arms would definitely larn strong together with tired from belongings these diverse objects myself.  

The Handy Lap Tray has definitely proven its worth together with value to me always since I started using it many years ago.  I would tell my favorite affair close it is that I don't convey to coil upward to the TV together with alter the channel similar people had to inwards the sometime days.  So if you lot are inwards a identify unit of measurement of somebody who is disabled, a lap tray similar mine could hold upward useful inwards allowing those members of the disabled community some liberty together with independence spell either watching the local word or a sun football game game inwards peace.

Tim Musick
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