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(In addition, she’s done more around the house in recent days than she has for many a month—all signs for the good. She’s exclaimed about the additional feelings of freedom these new activities have given her again and again. Some of them involve her pushing herself about in her chair.
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Now: you are working very well together, and your suggestion about the use of the chair (to get around the house) was the result of Framework 2 creativity. It took Ruburt a day or so to accept it. He was afraid of wheelchair connotations, but he triumphed over that negative idea. Your suggestion was important for several reasons. It was practical, and could be done at once. Its most important benefit, however, was that it freed Ruburt from mentally seeing himself in only one corner of one room, and immediately aroused his normal leanings toward love of whatever home you share.
It rearoused his desires to clean—desires that had been inhibited. Immediately he began to think in terms of physical activities he wanted to perform. Physically used in such a manner, the chair does exercise his knees and feet, while his weight is not upon them entirely, and his thoughts are not on exercise.
Moving the chair backward some is also excellent, for it moves different ligaments than he normally uses. Using the lightweight carpet sweeper will also help, and aid in coordination.
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