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Adapted Spoon for Developmentally Disabled Children
Author(s) -
Yuen Keung
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1990.tb01246.x
Subject(s) - simplicity , psychology , communication , epistemology , philosophy
An L‐shaped adapted spoon was designed for a group of developmentally disabled children to prevent them placing their fingers in their food during self‐feeding and to assist them in bringing the spoon to the mouth. The simplicity of the spoon design requires minimal alteration of a conventional spoon, requires minimal training, and is relatively inexpensive to adapt.