People with Disabilities
Let's discuss using the Adapt-a-Lap as a book holder. Used as a portable desk, writing becomes easier. A laptop computer or a keyboard can be supported and used in many different ways, even when lying almost flat in bed.
- Stroke, Arthritis, Bursitis, Carpal Tunnel:
Since you do not have to use your arms and hands to hold your reading material, the pain when reading, often associated with these ailments, does not develop. Those who can not hold a book can still read and turn the pages with their hands, a page-turner or a mouth stick. In bed you read lying back with only a small pillow under your neck.- Parkinson's, Cerebral Palsy, A.L.S., Multiple Sclerosis.
With the Adapt-a-Lap the problems of reading with tremors are reduced. It is best if you purchase your Adapt-a-Lap with the extra leg control strap. That will keep add extra stability to your easel.- Low Vision:
Low vision Clinics and Colleges of Optometry both use and sell the Adapt-a-Lap. They find that it is the best book holder. It supports those heavy large type books. For the farsighted, it can support reading material beyond their arms reach. For others, it supports books anyplace on the body, thus leaving the hands free to hold a magnifier or a pen. Those who scan their reading and writing material into a TV or Computer for magnification use the Adapt-A-Lap as a lap desk while sitting in a comfortable chair, recliner or lying in bed.- Spinal Injury:
By not holding the book the pain and strain you feel when reading will be reduced. If you have lost the mobility in the cervical area of your spine due to degenerative or rheumatoid arthritis, fusion or neck surgery, you can put your reading material, straight in front of your eyes. Doing this may require a flat surface.- Body Weakness:
When injury or age has taken away some of your strength, you won't miss it as much when reading with the Adapt-a-Lap.- People with Other Physical Needs:
Whether you are a woman in her third trimester of pregnancy and ordered to lie in bed on your left side, a person who has had shoulder surgery or for any other reason, the Adapt-A-Lap is the best reading aid.
