KINGSTON — Greg Dette surveyed a shelf-lined wall of gadgets, then stepped toward a spring-loaded bionic arm made from cardboard and PVC pipe that was holding a spoon. It was designed as a low-cost solution to what would ordinarily be an expensive problem: helping a person with a tremor feed themselves.
The arm, like the other devices around it, was made by volunteers at Adaptive Design Hudson Valley, a nonprofit that fabricates custom equipment for people with disabilities. Unlike most commercially available adaptive gear, the nonprofit’s wares are crafted from inexpensive materials, often with the recipient’s direct input.
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