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Accessible - Bathing Equipment

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|<font size="3">'''Suitable for:''' all users.</font>
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|width="20%"|'''Construction'''
|width="20%"|'''Advantages '''
|width="20%"|'''Disadvantages'''
|width="20%"|'''Improvements / variations'''
|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Hanging string for clothes (ideal height is 1.2 m)
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* Made from locally available materials
* Can be installed at a height suitable for users
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* A wooden pole or a rope can be used
* The line could also be used to hang a privacy curtain
|Low
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Towel or cloth with a loop or handle at each end. One end is attached to a fixed point, to make it easy to use with one hand.
|Made from locally available materials
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* If a longer towel is used, one loop can be held with a foot
* For a user with no hands, both ends can be fixed
|Low
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Bathing sponge: made of old fishing net and sisal wrapped around a stick and tied with a piece of bicycle
tube
|Made from locally available materials
|Not durable
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* Any kind of soft material could be used
* Can be adapted for anal cleansing use (and then used solely for that purpose)
|Low
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===Acknowledgements===
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