Adapted Eating Utensils

Picking up silverware, a fork or spoon, and lifting food to your mouth, or picking up a knife to cut your meat then using the fork to lift the meat to your mouth. It's just natural for healthy people to eat and not think of every motion required to eat.

Disabilities can interfere with daily living activities like eating. Physical limitations can make eating at dinnertime more difficult. Using special silverware can help. Larger silverware handles are easier to hold for people with diminished grip strength from a disability. Added weight flatware can help stabilize tremors and shaking for people who have suffered a stroke or have Parkinson's. Ask your health care provider which ones will work best for you.

Disabilities can interfere with daily living activities like eating. Physical limitations can make eating at dinnertime more difficult. Using special silverware can help. Larger silverware handles are easier to hold for people with diminished grip strength from a disability. Added weight flatware can help stabilize tremors and shaking for people who have suffered a stroke or have Parkinson's. Ask your health care provider which ones will work best for you.