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bednobs | 18:59 Fri 15th Mar 2024 | Home & Garden
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Because I don't know what to call it. I need a podger type thingy but not pointed. I have a hand disability an pressing things is difficult. I have one gor depressing yhe flush on the loo but need something thinner  and more portable for (say) pressing the catch on my seatbelt to open it. Help!

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An old-fashioned wooden clothes peg?

 

Looks promising, wolf.

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I think the wolf one is OK but not the right angle for the seatbelt. The metal pokey thing is sort of the thing I need but longer and no hand attachment. The other one is I think more for carseat buckles and in fact would have been VERY handy when my daughter was young! 

A knitting needle with the pointy end cut off? 

Have you got access to an occupational health person as they might be able to give suggestions, maybe through your work?

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thanks all i have used actie hands for many things before but they don have what i need

Isnt there an actual website that contains all kinds of disability aids?

WeEre you able to find a solution bednobs?

Is this garden dibber too pointy?

 

https://jellplastics.co.uk/product/t-dibber-planter/

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i tried the wooden spoon but not particularly successfully.  i fancy the look of that dibber tho

Good idea Hoppy 

You could ask someone to flatten the tip a bit with sandpaper or a file. 

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