Hi All.
I have a student in my beginner woodworking classes who has early onset Parkinson's disease. She is around 50 years old and has been diagnosed for 5 years. The condition is having an impact on both cognitive and physical abilities - the most obvious being shakiness.
The biggest impact on her work is probably being able to place a chisel accurately as she pares back and then finally placing the chisel in a knife line. This is just an example however as there are obviously other issues as well, marking out accurately for example.
I did a quick search on this forum and have googled fairly extensively but cant find anything relevant
I have a few ideas as to how I can help her do work she can be proud of (she will be making a simple single dovetail box using hand tools, so all the usual processes....) but I was wondering if anyone on the forum faced similar challenges themselves and can share any tricks/tips/strategies to hep counteract the impact of the condition?
Thanks very much in advance for your help.
Nick Thompson
(I have taken over Chris Tribe's workshop in Ilkley West Yorkshire following his retirement)
I have a student in my beginner woodworking classes who has early onset Parkinson's disease. She is around 50 years old and has been diagnosed for 5 years. The condition is having an impact on both cognitive and physical abilities - the most obvious being shakiness.
The biggest impact on her work is probably being able to place a chisel accurately as she pares back and then finally placing the chisel in a knife line. This is just an example however as there are obviously other issues as well, marking out accurately for example.
I did a quick search on this forum and have googled fairly extensively but cant find anything relevant
I have a few ideas as to how I can help her do work she can be proud of (she will be making a simple single dovetail box using hand tools, so all the usual processes....) but I was wondering if anyone on the forum faced similar challenges themselves and can share any tricks/tips/strategies to hep counteract the impact of the condition?
Thanks very much in advance for your help.
Nick Thompson
(I have taken over Chris Tribe's workshop in Ilkley West Yorkshire following his retirement)