Got Skillz?
Are you handy with tools and want to help someone in need?
We can probably hook you up with someone who could use a couple of hours of your time.
We got Needz.
Most people with ME have specialised needs, just to use a computer.
Many people in Australia have trouble getting the DSP, let alone NDIS. There are only twenty, yes 20, specialists in ME in Australia.
We could use some simple handyman innovations to make life easier.
Life Hacks
Some are simple, like just adding bias lighting to monitors and TV’s dramatically reduces eye strain, which for someone with ME is very important.
Some people with ME might need help just sticking the led strips to the back of their screens.*
Work in Bed
Us, not you 😉
Most have to use computers in their beds, but even that is tiring.
I’ve come up with some simple hacks to make it easier, cheaply.
Some people can sit at a desk for a while, if they have a chair that supports their necks + head. Maybe their legs too.
I custom built this one… from chairs I bought 2nd hand at the Green Shed, in Canberra.
Replacement cost would be something like this:
But I think my combo is better!
One Size fits Most?
I’m not proposing a one-size fits all anything.
Probably each person might want something a little different.
I built my laptop tray from a kitchen shelf slider, and because I feel the heat a lot, it has, ahem, hidden features.
Six silent running server fans!
Design is a Process
As one of my teachers used to say.
The first go at a solution may need to be modified.
I realised later, with my laptop tray I should not have just remounted it, but demounted and rotated the rollers.
I will soon!
* And apparently I am one of those people who need help. I didn’t intend to leave it there, so just strung it around, and then it fell, so of course Spike needed to inspect this moving light.
Yes I obviously need help clearing my desk of active projects, but putting this site together has been a bit of a rush.
I am not the best at putting my needs in front of others, or at least ideas for others.