One week of empathy training (2019)
I used to work with upper limb amputees. Learned a lot there.There's a standardized testing kit for prostheses and injuries that's surprisingly low tech and amazingly useful: The Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure (SHAP)It's very basic. Things like pouring a glass of milk, opening a deadbolt, tying a shoe, picking up a quarter, buttoning a shirt, etc. Being able to pass any of these quite simple tests is very forgiving, you've got unlimited time to do it.But the very large majority of prostheses fail outright.I never really though of how hard it was to just hold a cup of coffee before that, nor to build a prosthetic that could close a jar of jam.Really opened my eyes to the world around me. Disability tech is human tech, full stop. What helps a wheelchair bound person helps a pregnant one, and a veteran, and an old one too. We grow stronger by making things possible for all of us.http://www.shap.ecs.soton.ac.uk/about-usage.php