Heard of Fixperts? Come and look at what they do - and tell us what you think

RollingThunder you need a suitcase trolley from a posh hotel with a nice gold cage round it.

RollingThunder - A Segway??!!

PLEASE will somwonw tell me how to make the video play? Pretty please?
(I'm on a PC, not a phone or anything)

Grate a load of cheese at once and keep it in the freezer to defrost as needed.

For people looking for wheelchair fixes, you can get a cupholder that fits down near the foot plate, my sister got one recently sure she just found it through amazon or a google search. For steps basically you need to tip on back wheels but the 'stops' on the back can stop you tipping far enough, these can be removed and turned other way up so they are out of the way and can be used to step down on to tip the wheelchair. Not sure I have explained this well but as my sister has had to resort to using hers permanently recently I am learning new stuff all the time!

I do use a box grater on a non slip mat, but have to try and hold it down with my elbow which hurts and is not v useful. I did have an electric grater, but it was rubbish. The food processor works, but it narks me to have to wash all that up for a tiny bit of cheese.

Or a granny shopping trolley with the bag taken off and the buggy board attached.

My food processor has a grater attachment, that's perfectly workable one-handed.
The double buggy board solution is a skateboard with a knotted rope drilled through the front, or two scooters.

CMOT grating - I have reduced grip and use a box grater on a non slip grip mat that the OT gave me. It takes a knack but works for me. If this doesn't help have you tried an electric grater, which in theory should be easier but never tried one myself so can't vouch for it , have seen them for £10/15.

I"m thinking maybe velcro could be utilised in solving your knob problem, CMOT.

I have ds5 with asd and nt ds3. Currently when I walk to school ds3 goes in the buggy and ds5 on the buggy board! (He's not really safe around busy roads without a high level of supervision).

The problem is that ds3, is really fed up with being in the buggy and wants to go on the buggy board too! So I need a contraption that I can push two standing up kids on, without the buggy bit!

Any suggestions?

Nagoo - you'd think it would be easy, but my current ones take dh 15 minutes of swearing to put on. Part of the trouble is that you are fixing something to a round surface, so they rotate round, slide up and down from the desired position etc.

Any thoughts on the safest way to get someone in a wheelchair up down 4 steps between lift and front door of flats until wheelchair lift built. Only one carer, wheelchair user a light adult.

A steering wheel knob should be easy shouldn't it? A screw on clip thing? Obviously I must be underestimating the inconvenience of only having one hand to use. But If you could get one with a what's the word? wratchet thing? Like I have a screwdriver that only gives force in one direction so you can turn it back on itself without letting it go? I don't mean easy for me to make, but easy for a proper designer/ engineer

Paper clips bend and slip out alas.

I haven't tried the ribbon technique, but it does sound promising. I shall give it a try KatyMac

Thread a ribbon/long piece of thread onto the zip while the clothes are off; double it over & knot a button onto it

Put the outfit on and you should be able to catch the button (esp if it's fairly big) pull it over your shoulder & pull the zip up.

Unknot and pull ribbon out of the look

Long-winded but it worked when I had a frozen shoulder; however it wouldn't now as my fine motor skills are crap

For the zips - can't see it working for anything else.

Those are exactly the sort of things I bet they're looking for - there's no money in people making them in bulk as they are more "bespoke" so no one bothers.

How about a bent paper clip tied to some string?
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I'd like something that holds a grater still for me - grating with one hand is a pita.

A steering wheel knob that can easily be transferred from one car to another so I don't have to book hire cars weeks in advance/take cars for test drives etc. My current ones need tools, and crucially someone with two working hands to fit.

A thing to pull the zips on my dresses up which fits onto fine zips, and is not just a stick with a cup hook on

And something that allows me to cycle without just using my good hand (cos if your 6 year old wants to go on cycle tracks, your good arm will soon get very overworked). Currently, I have something lashed up from an old forearm splint, velcro, bar ends and gloves, but it looks appalling.

Wherin lies the issue - I may have acquired a disability, but I have not lost any sense of style with that, and I still want to go places on my own and try and do everything physically possible.

Are they 2 different groups Fixperts & Fixpests?

Or am I missing something

This work is also done my a group called 'Remap' I think

Interesting idea.

But if they can invent a stasis cupboard where I can stash my three children for 30 minutes of bicker-free peace, that would be fab.

don't quite understand the sock thing - my mum was given a sock-putting-on-aid after her hip replacement a few years ago.

Having seen the paramedic "fix" I"d be bloody good as a Fixpert too! It's the sort of thing I do naturally anyway.

Can I be a fixpert? I'd be amazing

LaVita, thread the car seat straps through the neck of the DCs top and out at the tummy, fasten as usual, no chance of escape! (Only works for 5-point harnesses that have the shoulder and lap belts separate)
If shoulder and lap belts are joined, once the DC is strapped in but before tightening the belt, put a cardigan backwards on the DC and round the shoulder straps, and button the top button behind their neck/shoulders.