Luke Harris

Profile — London, United Kingdom

Portable Cutlery for People with Parkinson's Disease

An estimated 4 Million People in the world live with Parkinson's Disease, One in five individuals in the UK live with Parkinson's Disease and it is estimated that 10,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with the condition every year. Sufferers experience various conditions, which include such physical symptoms as Bradykinesia (slowness in voluntary movement) and impairment of dexterity. Such symptoms can cause sufferers to have difficulty with such daily tasks as using cutlery. On the market there are currently solutions that tackle the problem for when individuals are eating at home, however these solutions can be weighty and awkward to carry, therefore not suitable for a user to use out.

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