Hi Erin-

I thought I would use this opportunity and do a little shameless horn tooting on some of the advantages of using an adapted laser (as opposed to just putting a small laser on someone’s glasses.)

1.       The biggest advantage is that the laser I sell is on a little  adjustable arm. This is important if a person is in a power wheelchair, or in bed, and changing their position throughout the day.

If you attach an ordinary laser to a person’s glasses, and they tilt back in their chair, the laser pointer points up at the ceiling.  The little adjustable arm allows the person to point to the board,  whatever position they are in. (There are some pictures in the link below which illustrate this.)

2.       It’s important to use an external power source (so the person isn’t wearing a laser with batteries inside of it. ) If they are doing that, it means that basically they are carrying the weight of the battery and the metal housing and the laser on the bridge of their nose.  The weight of the laser module on my version weighs 0.25 of an oz.

Take care,

Margaret Cotts

Hi Erin-

I meant to attach a link to the website- there is an explanation on their of some of the benefits of the laser.

http://store.lowtechsolutions.org/products/Laser-Pointer-%28Head-Mounted%29.html

If you decide to buy a commercial laser and adapting it yourself, be sure not to get anything above a Class II laser (which can damage a person’s eyes.)

Take care,
Margaret Cotts