Hey all, I've got a friend I'm helping to learn how to cook, he's got a physical disability and has an electric wheelchair. He's extremely dexterous, he could easily sew or play an instrument or whatever, but he's got nearly zero muscle tone. He can't lift more than about 5 or 7 pounds at arms length for any amount of time, and that's both hands.
Just for reference, I've got a 6 year old who has about the same arm strength as he does, so think of something that a very small kid could do (from a strictly strength perspective, not a dexterity or cognitive one). I.E. moving chicken one at a time from plate to plate is fine, but carrying a pan with sauce and pasta and chicken in it is no-go.
There are a lot of Pasta dishes he really likes, but I'm running into block figuring out how to cook the pasta. Chicken, sauce, all that stuff are manageable, but I don't know what to do for the pasta. He can set a pot on an induction burner, and fill it with multiple trips of a smaller glass, but once the pasta is in I'm not really able to envision how to get it back out again. It's an electric wheelchair, and he's able to hold even less in a single hand, so I'm thinking of something like a strainer basket he could put the pasta in, lower just that into the water, and then lift that back out safely once ready. Dump it into another container, then he can move that around well enough I'd think. I'm not sure what accessibility options are available, so I'm hoping you all have some insight on methods or just tips on cooking with a disability in general.
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