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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 17
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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 17

by Mark Frauenfelder
February 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
192 pages
8h 28m
English
Make: Community
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Crib Notes

Modding a baby crib for disabled parents.

By Michael H. Kelsey

Parents with disabilities face numerous challenges when caring for a newborn. Besides the usual sleep deprivation and anxiety about such a small and dependent life, the equipment made for infants and children can present substantial barriers.

Changing tables are built for standing, bathtubs can take two (or more!) hands, and cribs require parents to have substantial flexibility and lifting strength.

My wife, Liz, is a little person; when she’s out of the house, she uses crutches and a lower-body brace that doesn’t bend. Around the house, we keep most of our storage low to the ground, and our activities are on the floor. (Dinners on a patterned rug with Japanese lacquered-table ...

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