>> casey: hi. i'm casey from pacer's simon technology center. today i'm going to show youhow to make a low-tech, do-it-yourself assistive technology devicethat you can use at home or in the classroom. many people have trouble stabilizing theirhands when they're drawing or writing or eating, and sometimes just a little bit of addedweight will really help with that problem. so today i'm going to show youhow to make a weighted marker. for that, you need a marker, couplenuts, some rubber washers that you get in a plumbing department of any hardwarestore or just some simple rubber bands.
all i'm going to do to do this. so i'm going to take a rubber washerand just slide it onto the marker, wherever i would like it positioned. i will add a nut and add anotherwasher on the other side of this nut. now, the nice thing aboutthis is it's very stable. so even if you have a young child or someonewithout good control of their hand using it, it's not going to fall off on you, and alsoif you'd like to add more weights, it's easy. you can just slip off thewasher and slip on an extra nut. and there you have it.
if you're going to use the rubber band,you just take the rubber band, put it on, and loop it around untilit's nice and tight on there. and that will also keep it stable. an easy, low-tech, do-it-yourselfassistive technology device that will work with many different students and clients. so if you want more information, you cango online to www dot pacer dot org and look for either the ez at 1 or ez at 2 booklets.
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