AT for the kitchen
'Show and Tell'
AT to help you be a wizard in your kitchen!
Planning, preparing, and cooking a meal is a part of our daily activities but can be challenging for those who live with a chronic health condition or disability.
In our 'Show and Tell' series, AT for the Kitchen, we asked our community of assistive technology (AT) users, to share a product that helps them be a wizard in their kitchen. As they say, you 'don't know what you don't know' and that's certainly true when it comes to AT.
"The right assistive technology (AT) is something to be celebrated, it's a tool that can give independence and freedom and can change our lives" - AT Mentor Nerine Williams
There are many mainstream and adaptive products available to help you with everyday tasks and activities in the kitchen. These includes items such as tipping kettles, electric jar and can openers, talking scales and microwaves, adaptive cutlery, and non-slip mats, through to food processors and Thermomix machines.
Let's not forget that mainstream products can also be adapted or used in in unique ways to suit AT users’ needs. We hope the resources shown below give you an appetite to discover products that can help you be a wizard in your kitchen.
If you would like one-on-one support to research and get advice about low to mid-cost (low-risk) AT to help you get on with living your life; connect with one of our AT Mentors here.
AT Chatter Poonam
Discover how watching a reel on Instagram after her stroke introduced Poonam to a product that would enable her to prepare roti, chapati, and parathas one-handed with her mum for their family meals.
AT Chatter Melanie
AT Chatter Melanie says the only thing she uses more than her wheelchair is her ‘stick’. This simple, but life-changing hack helps Melanie with a range of tasks throughout the day, including cooking dinner!
AT Chatter Kirsty
AT Chatter Kirsty shares why her Thermomix made it to the top of her list of favourite pieces of AT for the kitchen.
Listen to the audio descriptive version here.
AT Chatter Rachel, had this to say about using her Thermomix:
From our AT Mentors
AT Mentor Glenn Wilson
Making that first cup of tea in the morning, check out how our AT Mentor Glenn does this simple activity safely and independently as someone who is blind. Thanks for sharing Glenn!
AT Mentor Nerine Williams
Check out AT Mentor Nerine's favourite piece of kitchen AT ‘in disguise’.
Sometimes it’s the simple, mainstream products that can make a big difference to people's lives.
Discover more AT solutions for the kitchen below.
Kitchen Wizz 8 - Spotlight | AT Chat
In this article, AT Chatter Kathleen shares how the Kitchen Wizz 8 is helping her do what she loves; cook for her family.
Check out the array of AT, everyday products, and home modifications Kerry Allan-Zinner uses to create her perfect kitchen.
AT living and independence goals - Jayden's story
Discover the AT Jayden uses in the kitchen to live his 'new norm' after a catastrophic motorcycle accident
