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Even if you need both hands to move around with your wheel chair... You can serve yourself at the buffet! |
Tired of always needing other folks to help you carry stuff? Here's a low cost easy to make project that will help you both at home and when you go places! You may need some help from friends to execute this idea, but once you have this handy removable tray for your wheel chair... life gets easier! No more balancing cups of coffee or sandwiches on your lap from kitchen to living room. And, if you couldn't go to a buffet restaurant without someone with you to help you at the buffet, you can with Mark's Handi-Tray. This can be made to work on most wheelchairs. Making and Using Mark's Handi-Tray (Or Click On Photo) |
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| More projects follow, but first an introduction... |
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Hi! I'm Mark Krell, and I am a double below the knee amputee... Life may have "dealt me a bad hand" but I'm going to make the best of it.... If you're disabled, I hope you feel the same way... There will always be things that we may have to rely on others for help, but there's always times when others cannot be around... So... They've been making wheel chairs for thousands of years... Nobody ever had the problem of carrying things before us?... So, why aren't wheel chairs made with tray attachments?... (The only ones I've seen that have trays are for folks who are in much worse shape than I am)... I have addressed this and several other problems with success, and this website is my way of sharing my results with you in the sincere hope for the improvement of our mutual conditions... Many of you will benefit from the ideas on these pages; some by using the ideas as they are presented, and some by adapting these ideas to meet your own requirements... Perhaps these ideas will inspire you to think of new things... Your new ideas are welcome on these pages... Hopefully you'll want to share them and help others (photo's are most helpful); and that you will send them to me for inclusion on this website... mark@discovery-us.com At any rate, I hope you will share your experiences with me and maybe we'll have a "What Folks Are Saying" page. Keep in mind that these ideas have been developed from my perspective of my own physical condition and capabilities. Many of these concepts will work for you, but some may need some changes to accomodate your needs. I have tested these presentations and they are working for me. I have tried to include minimum requirements to use each idea, but I am not an expert, nor am I a medical practicioner. In other words, I don't know nuttin! I only work here! So... You agree to use these ideas at your own risk, and I urge you to read the full Disclaimer which appears at the bottom of this page. |
~ What Amputees Can Expect ~
| A word to the "able bodied"... |
I resisted writing this section because the focus of this website is clearly stated in its title. I'm not interested in using this site as a vent for my frustrations or ego. The link above is included because I realize that helping non handicapped persons to understand "handi" persons better really is providing practical help... Click on the above link if you'd like to better understand (at least some of) the disabled folks in your area. |
| I'll get by with the help of my friends... |
If it weren't for Fred and Nathan and a bunch of other folks I know who have helped in many ways to get stuff I needed, cut wood, metal, put stuff together; and perhaps more important... Put up with me! And, their patience with me wanting to do the same job again a different way when the first solution seemed to need improvement. I feel like a simple Thank You! is wholly inadequate. |
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Boss... Candy put up with a lot during both the development of these pages, and the ideas presented herein... She's dodged drills, saws, vacuum cleaners; and she has been patient when I was busy, and a good friend, but... She never let's me forget that... she's The Boss! |
| What I Do...
Some folks have asked me what I do for money... I sell unusual products on the internet... Here's an easy link to my products page. One of my websites might be especially helpful to readers of this website... Check out this banner...  |
| Contact
Information... Send me an email message mark@discovery-us.com. I check my email several times a day when I am here. There are many days during which I'd like to rip the phone wire out of the wall so I can get some work done. Calling me is not a good idea. For the same reason, I don't use paging programs. I do use iPhone and Net Meeting, and will meet you on their servers if we pre-arrange the meeting by email. Or, if you wish, you can send me a letter addressed to: Mark - Box 24 - Buford, GA 30515-0024 - USA. |
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Spiritual Side... This site is primarily based on my thinking that when one becomes disabled they are faced with a choice between being an invalid or solving their mobility problems and getting on with their lives; and that many disabled individuals have the power to make that choice. It saddens me that this cannot always be true for persons with even more disabling conditions than mine. This also may not be true for those who for whatever reasons are not in a "frame of mind" which allows for their developing practical solutions for problems which prevent their re-gaining as much control over their lives as possible. |
| Internet WWW
Information... There are many servers on the web containing information helpful to people with disabilities and limiting diseases. It would be impossible for me to list them all here, but what I've found that will help you to find others easily are listed here: Disabled People's Association of Singapore |
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These pages are always "Under Construction".
©2006 Mark Krell - ©2006 Equity International Webcenter
| COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Ideas, artwork, and elements of this website are the intellectual Property of Mark Krell. If you are a disabled person who wishes to use any of my ideas to help you to improve your life, you have my permission, my blessing, and my sincere hope that I have helped you. If you are interested in manufacturing, marketing, or in some way making money from what you see here, you are not free to do so without compensating me. This is right and fair because I will use your money to develop new ideas and prototypes; thus creating new opportunities for you to profit. DISCLAIMER: Because everyone who is disabled has different individual needs due to differing physical conditions; you use any of my ideas with the express understanding between you and me that I cannot be held responsible for anything that may happen to you as a result of such use. It is your responsibility to determine your own physical capabilities. It is your responsibility to consult your physician to make such determinations if you are in doubt. By making use of my ideas, you agree to release me from any and all liability from any occurance connected with such use from this day forth until the end of time. You also agree to the same conditions with any contributor of ideas to these pages other than myself. |
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