COURSE · PART 5 · MODULE 17

Module 17 — Daily Living, Accessibility, and Equipment

This module is about making daily life safer and more possible **now**. Using an adaptation does not mean giving up on rehabilitation.

In this module

Break a difficult activity into smaller parts before deciding what may help.
Judge an aid by the person’s safety, access, independence, effort and goals—not by a blanket rule.
Try and review equipment because bodies, homes and needs can change.

Clinical guidance supports individual occupational assessment. Falls research also shows why risk needs a broad assessment rather than one simple answer. The long-term effects of particular aids in FND have not been tested well enough for universal rules. [1][2]

Pages

Adapt Personal Care and Household Tasks — change a task, tool, place or kind of help.
Mobility Aids, Wheelchairs, Seating, and Fall Safety — fit the aid to the person and the situation.
Sensory, Home, and Communication Access — reduce barriers without requiring symptoms to disappear first.
Try and Review Equipment as Needs Change — use a goal-led trial and planned review.

Inside each page: Person with FND · Supporters · Clinicians · Research

Every page in this module uses these same four main sections.

Research and Sources

Citation	Full citation
[1]	Nicholson C, Edwards MJ, Carson AJ, et al. Occupational therapy consensus recommendations for functional neurological disorder. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 2020;91(10):1037–1045. FND-CIT-0011. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2019-322281
[2]	Mohammadi Z, Keyvanfar A, Higgins R, et al. Falls in Functional Neurological Disorder: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Clinical Implications. European Journal of Neurology. 2026;33(6):e70665. FND-CIT-0085. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.70665

This overview still needs review by people with FND, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and accessibility specialists.

Plain-language draft and research package prepared: September 8, 2026 · Clinical review pending