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Home / Personalising our approach to neurorehabilitation: JJ’s story
JJ loves using the 3D printer at Shinewater Court, our service in Eastbourne, but because of where it was located, he had to get lots of assistance.
Vocational Recreational Coordinator, Alexandria, knew how much JJ enjoyed using the tool, but recognised how tricky it was for him to use it independently. She told us:
“Here we have JJ, who is one of the people we support here at Shinewater Court. He loves to go onto the 3D printer, but for a while he had to have lots of assistance with turning the machine on and not being able to put the filament in himself. Some days he wasn’t able to get to the printer as it could be very busy, with a lot of the people we support being in for activities.”
Personalising our approach to neurorehabilitation
After noticing that the 3D printer’s position in the service was causing some additional barriers to JJ’s enjoyment of it, she suggested some tweaks that made all the difference to his experience.
“A couple of weeks ago I suggested to JJ that we could move the table with the 3D printer and all the accessories to another part of the day centre, to give [him] more room. JJ agreed and well, what we learnt is that, once we moved everything to the new location of the day room, JJ could turn everything on and, even better, load the filament into the machine himself.”
Gaining back independence
Moving the machine to another part of the day centre made all the difference. Alexandria reflected on how it allowed JJ to engage with the 3D printer on his own terms.
“I was amazed that not only could he turn the machine on, he could shut down the machine and put everything away himself fully independently without asking for any help.”
“JJ said to me that he was really happy and I got a smile out of him which he doesn’t do all the time.”
No matter what
We’re proud to support JJ to enjoy activities he loves. At Brainkind, we’re dedicated to helping people with neurological conditions or brain injuries have a life well lived – no matter what that means to them.
Alexandria told us: “As an activity coordinator it is always a delight when I am able to help the people we support to love their hobbies and do it fully independently.”
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