Andrew is back to dictating his school work due to unstable wrists. The radius keeps popping up and crossing over the other bone in the forearm where it gets stuck. This is very painful. The off the shelf splint wasn't helping at all. We had one clam shell splint from the last time this happened. It needed a bit of work because the latex free tensor was biting the dust.
I must confess that I have a bad habit of hoarding any old splints because I might find a way to use it differently another time. Splint making materials also happen to be a bit on the expensive side.
I gathered up some cotton knit stocking tube and foam.
I covered the foam with stocking tube. I couldn't find anymore tongue depressors so this time I raided the classroom for small rulers to sew down the middle.
Next step was adding the adhesive backed vlecro.
Finally I added vellofoam straps.
Now he is good to go.
He just needs the wrists to calm down again but that can take several weeks. So I see a lot of scribing in our future again.
Just had a thought - I know that time is not something you have a great deal of these days - but-if you could train Dragon Naturally Speaking to adjust to your voice - would that help with the scribing issue? Again, I do know that the training is time consuming and it won't work for the boys voices - but maybe it would help if you or K were to be the "voice".
ReplyDeleteSadly, it wouldn't work for a few reasons. I don't have the money to buy Dragon and secondly, when we tried it before it picked up every noise in the room if anyone else moved or talked and I don't have space to make a seperate work area.
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