People have limitations that result in difficulty gripping or pinching objects. Accommodations may involve the office, industrial, service, and medical industries, and accommodations can extend to personal needs. Options include:

Office

Providing alternative telephone access: auto-dialers, gooseneck telephone holders, hands-free telephones, shoulder rests for telephone handsets, and computer-telephone integration

Offering filing modifications such as modified filing trays, Lazy-Susan carrousels, and automated filing systems

Providing grip aids such as reachers and door knob grips

Providing page turners and book holders

Industrial

Providing ergonomic tools and other adaptations such as power tools instead of handtools; tools that can be used in either hand; tools without single finger activation; tools that have pistol shaped handles for power grips

Reducing palm stress by providing tool wraps to pad long handles

Providing newer tools with access to tool balancers/positioners

Service

Providing ergonomic knives and food service equipment

Using money counters and bill handlers

Using ergonomic and spring-loaded scissors

Providing cake decorating syringes that use plungers

Using ergonomic mop buckets and mops

Providing adjustable carts (e.g., motorized, multi-purpose) and compact lifting devices

Personal

Obtaining independent living aids

Medical

Using large handles and other adaptations for microscopy work: PC scopes, pipettes, and test tube holders

Using ergonomic dental and surgical instruments