Page 38 - Post Stroke Hobbies Exhibition 2016

Jinnouchi Takahiro

Technical Aides Invention - Japan

I suffered a hemorrhagic stroke years ago at the
age of 51. I was hospitalized and asked to make a
thick paper craft of a small hexagonal box as reha-
bilitation. I had a sense of attainment after having
finished this task using only my right hand which is
not affected by stroke. This experience brought me
a joy of creation realizing my idea into a concrete
object.

Returning home, I continued making craftwork

38 as rehabilitation. Living home with hemiplegia, I
often confronted problems of daily life. To resolve

these problems, I made technical aids which later

became my hobby. The photo shows a device to

unlock a watch belt lock of an arm watch.

Making technical aids for daily life is an occupa-
tional therapy to me, but at the same time it is a
hobby activity which makes my life rich and gives
me a sense of satisfaction and attainment. Doing
what you like and what you are interested in every-
day, little by little, at the end of the day you say “I
can do such a thing by myself.”