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Warning : This tip involves hot fluids, you should only practice this tip using cold fluids untill you can hold the cup with confidence. This tip must only be carried out using a gloved hand. You carry out the following tip at your own risk, agreeing not to hold us liable for damages direct or indirect. If you do not agree to the above, do not practice this tip.

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When a quadriplegic goes out to a cafe, or a restaurant, it can be a real pain to have to take that horrible plastic thermal mug with you just in case you want a hot drink.

Many quadriplegic people, or people with limited hand function and sensory paralysis, have to use a thermal mug in order to stop their hands being burned. Either they do this, or have to wait for the drink to be nearly cold before drinking it from a normal ceramic cup.

The following tip will allow you to drink from a normal ceramic mug, without burning your hand, but it will only work with mugs which have a large handle on it. If you are in doubt as to whether you can carry out this tip safely, you should not attempt it.

1. Make sure you are wearing a glove.

2. Hold the mug by placing your thumb through the handle of the mug, and resting your thumb on your second/middle finger. This will stop your thumb moving downwards under the weight of the mug, and the mug sliding off your thumb. Make sure your fingers do not tought the side of the mug.

3. As you lift the mug, make sure the base of the mug only touches the palm of your glove. The base of the mug touching the glove will help keep the mug stable.

4. If the mug is the wrong shape, and you cannot lift it without the hot parts of the mug touching your bare skin, you should not proceed any further with this tip.

I have included a photo below to help show the above tip.

Simon

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